Fall Out Boy: Infinity On High (A Review)

Band members: Patrick Stump (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, and primary composer), Pete Wentz (bass guitar, backup vocals, and primary lyricist), Joe Trohman (lead guitar), and Andy Hurley (drums).

If you plan to go on a long drive, and you have a blabbermouth as company, then Infinity On High by Fall Out Boy is the album you must have with you in the car. The moment Mr. /Ms. Loose-lips opens his/her mouth, you can slyly turn on the music and bring up the volume. It will be your answer to your partner’s loud mouth!

This is the kind of music that you can listen to while going for a long drive in your car that has all its windows down, where you don’t get to understand a thing about the lyrics. You will only hear the beat, which is the only good point in Fall Out Boy’s music. Yes, the music is really bad. Bad because I expected something better, but what I got was something very ordinary. You expect something good from a band that wins MTV Awards and achieves Double Platinum status for its music.

The moment I listened to the first track, I just wanted it to finish. It was a long, agonizing wait (like when you hold your pee when somebody else has occupied the loo), for it took quite sometime for all the sixteen tracks to get over. None of the songs had soulful music. The song names were a big turn off too. The moment I checked out the song list, I found names like “This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race” and “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”, which made me swear (Gee, no bad words here!) at the lyricist (Pete, nothing personal here, dude, but accept it that you are a pathetic lyrics-writer).

And if you do not understand the lyrics, don’t worry. You simply do not have to bother about them, as they are so lacklustre that you would rather want to give away the printed copies of the lyrics (if you are insane enough to download them) to the neighbourhood kabadiwalla than keep them on your desk.

Infinity On High is the fourth album by Fall Out Boy (who gives them money to bring out crap?). Almost every song starts with an electric guitar roll, but there are no good leads to add variety to their music. Instead, they have relied on loud vocals and unintelligible lyrics to do the trick.

Nevertheless, if you like fast, heavy beats, you might like this latest offering by Fall Out Boy. Infinity On High did not entertain me, however. I did go high, but on frustration. Buy this album if you need a birthday gift for your ex-lover (who dumped you for another hottie)—that would be the sweetest revenge you will ever have!