It was a busy week last week in the music industry with Joey Bada$$ releasing a new album, The Decemberists, providing us with its seventh studio album out of Oregon, and even Lil’ Wayne is fighting to stay relevant. The most driven and innovative of the releases, however, came from Fall Out Boy.

The Chicago-born punk band released its sixth studio album titled “American Beauty/American Psycho,” which, as you can tell by the title, plays a lot with duality and finding harmony between opposites, such as old versus new. Building off of the momentum from the band’s first album after its four-year hiatus, the band wanted to bring all of the inspirations it gained during its Monumentour and push the band and genre even further.

All four of the band members made comments on the album during its recording process throughout the end of 2014, and it was clear that it was going to be one that infused different sounds and various competing visions. Lead singer Patrick Stump said he wanted an album that built off “Save Rock and Roll” and “where you pick any track and it sounds like it’s from the same album.” Bassist Pete Wentz brought the pop culture aspect into it by trying to make it relevant in this day and age. Essentially, the only thing the group agreed on during the process was that they wanted to make sure they loved it, and they finally found a product they did.

The 11-track album samples Motley Crue, Suzanne Vega, the theme song to “The Munsters” and inspiration from the Sex Pistols. Some songs are the classic radio-hit-style that FOB has perfected, while others jam and tell deeper stories like the title track “American Beauty/American Psycho,” as well as “Novocaine.” Despite Stump’s efforts to keep the band from being a political band, the sixth studio album definitely brings more of the group’s personal views to light as they reportedly drew inspiration from the events in Ferguson.

Overall, Fall Out Boy has continued to keep themselves relevant in today’s more pop-culture leaning trends, and has managed to keep its original sound while expanding its artistic abilities. “American Beauty/American Psycho” has a track listing that generally flows nicely, except for “Immortals,” which was recorded for Disney’s “Big Hero 6.” Despite this minor hiccup, the album has a resounding impression of maturity and ambition, and we’ll see if they can keep that going.