Wednesday, 27 August 2008

Fall Out Boy to release 'Folie' on Nov. 4

Release escort coincides with U.S. election




Fall Out Boy will release its fifth album, "Folie a Deux," Nov. 4 via Island, the same day as the U.S. presidential election. The project was heralded Aug. 25 with the release of an online mixtape, "Welcome to the New Administration."

On it were five Fall Out Boy demos expected to seem on the album, including "Lake Effect Kid," "America's Sweethearts," "I Don't Care (27)," "ALPHAdog and OMEGAlomaniac" and "Catch Me if You Can/Proclamation of Emancipation," the latter featuring Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy.

The album's number one single, which has yet to be named, will hit radio Sept. 15, sources evidence Billboard.

"Folie a Deux" is the review to 2007's "Infinity on High," which has sold 1.3 million copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.