Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump has told US magazine Billboard that the Chicago emo quartet are itching to get back in the studio to record a new album, but “life stuff” seems to be getting in the way.
“I want to be one of the first bands to say there is nothing ‘hiatus’ or ‘indefinite’ about what's going on with Fall Out Boy right now," says Stump.
"We’re all itching to do [a new album]," he continues. "Actually at [bassist Pete Wentz’ wedding] we were like, 'We should do another record.' There's been rumours of us doing our next record for a long time, but it kind of comes from a misunderstanding about how we work because we're always writing. We've had material since [2007’s] Infinity On High dropped. So there is plenty just floating around, but it's basically like whenever you're ready to go in and do it again, that's when it happens."
When asked about the direction the new material is taking, Stump said:
"I don't want to be overly vague, but whenever we do another record, it'll be different from the last one, and it's going to be different from the last three. I think the new stuff will have a lot of freedom on it, and it's going to be our first just plain old record in a while."