This year, many bands and artists that seemed to have disappeared from the music industry are now stepping out of the shadows and making a comeback.

One of these bands includes Fall Out Boy, an American pop punk band that emerged 12 years ago.

Fall Out Boy returned on April 16 when they released their fourth album, “Save Rock and Roll.”

The band, which first formed in 2001 in Wilmette, Ill., includes bassist Pete Wentz, lead vocalist Patrick Stump, guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley.

Fall Out Boy began by playing underground shows before coming out with their first album “From Under the Cork Tree.”

Their sophomore album, “Take This To Your Grave,” won numerous awards and sold 2.7 million copies in the United States,  making it double platinum.

Fall Out Boy’s all-time top singles include: “Sugar We’re Going Down,” “Dance, Dance” and “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs.”

The band’s newest album, “Save Rock and Roll,” doesn’t stray too far from their old sound, but there are some fresh additions.

“Save Rock and Roll” features artists such as Foxes, Big Sean, Courtney Love and Elton John.

The album opens up with the song “The Phoenix,” which lacks the most lyrical depth out of any song on the album.  Although the beat is definitely catchy, some verses are cliche and the chorus recites a strange analogy: “I’m gonna change you like a remix and raise you like a phoenix.”

I was disappointed in “The Phoenix” because Fall Out Boy’s break from the music industry was a long enough period of time to conjure up lyrics with higher quality.

The next song on the album is “My Songs Know What You Did In the Dark (Light ‘Em Up).” The music is intense and showcases Fall Out Boy’s “newer” sound.

Stump hits a wide range of vocals in the song, creating a very broad sound. This song is by far one of the best on the album.

But the next song, “Alone Together,” doesn’t stand out from any other tracks on “Save Rock and Roll.” The lyrics get kind of cheesy with lines such as: “My heart is like a stallion.”

I liked “Alone Together” at first because it was very energetic, but I lost interest because toward the end the song falls flat. “Alone Together” is one of those songs where you only look forward to the chorus.

“Where Did The Party Go” is my personal favorite on the album because it’s super upbeat and catchy.  It’s one of those great songs that you just want to sing along to every time it comes on the radio. The song also sounds more like the old Fall Out Boy because of its pop-punk alternative style.

“Just One Yesterday (feat. The Foxes)” sounds very similar to “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele in the opening verse. It’s one of the slower tracks on the album, and I found it to be kind of boring.

Despite it’s dullness, I do love the line repeated most often in the song: “I’d trade all my tomorrows for just one yesterday.”

I was hoping that the next track on the album, “The Mighty Fall (feat. Big Sean),” would surprise me and that I would actually enjoy it.  Unfortunately, I was wrong. Big Sean’s style was too different from that of Fall Out Boy’s.

Big Sean’s rap in the song just sounds awkward and misplaced. It was obvious that Fall Out Boy tried too hard for a different sound on this one.

The next three songs on the album, “Miss Missing You,” “Young Volcanoes” and “Rat a Tat (feat. Courtney Love)” all sound very similar to each other.  At this point, the album begins to get repetitive with the constant snapping and clapping, or the multiple “ooohs” during each instrumental break.

I feel as though Fall Out Boy tried to add “spice” to the album, but ended up just overdoing it.

The last song, “Save Rock and Roll (feat. Elton John),” is hands down the worst track on the album.

This is partly because John’s style is dramatically different from that of Fall Out Boy’s, causing a clash between the two singers.

The song was difficult to listen to, especially a small section of it where Stump angrily scream-sings a verse and then transitions back into soft vocals.

The lyric repeated throughout the song: “You are what you love, not who loves you” doesn’t seem genuine or particularly profound when you think about it.

Overall, “Save Rock and Roll” was a disappointment. Fall Out Boy should have played it safe, and kept to their old sound. If the band had  done so, the album definitely  would have been more successful.

The band  tried to incorporate too many mainstream styles, such as the snapping and clapping, that didn’t represent the band at all. Fall Out Boy’s “new” style will leave true fans scratching their heads.

Fall Out Boy also featured too many artists on the album. Love, John, Foxes and Big Sean all have drastically different sounds and don’t relate to Fall Out Boy’s aesthetic at all.

Fall Out Boy tried to appeal to a modern crowd, but they ended up losing their original fans who listened to the album to hear them and not other random artists.

Although Fall Out Boy’s  new album might grow on me, I give it 2 out of 4 guitars.