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Patrick Stump with Wynter Gordon and John West

Presented by World Cafe Live at World Cafe Live - Philadelphia

August 10, 2011

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Patrick Stump is gearing up for the highly-anticipated release of his debut solo record, Soul Punk. After years of touring and recording as singer and multi-instrumentalist for Fall Out Boy, Stump wrote and recorded Soul Punk throughout 2010. About the title, he reveals, “Neither I nor my music seem comfortably defined by the DIY punk or R&B/hip-hop scenes– I feel like I operate between the margins. I want to contribute to the musical vernacular of both. I’m just as pissed off as I was while screaming in punk bands, but I feel like I'm directing it into something positive and centered around love.”

In addition to producing the album, as well as writing all the music and lyrics, Stump played all instruments on the recording. The songs hit on a variety of themes, including his love for his hometown of Chicago in the record’s first single “This City” which features fellow Chicagoan Lupe Fiasco, a scathing treatise about materialism on “Greed,” and a reminiscent musing on naïve sexuality on “Allie.”

Prior to Soul Punk, Patrick Stump was the lead singer and composer for Fall Out Boy, which earned a Grammy nod along with great commercial and critical success. Stump has performed over 1,200 shows and recorded five albums with FOB since their inception in 2001. Stump is also an accomplished producer and writer who has worked with Bruno Mars, Timbaland, Cobra Starship, Daryl Hall, Lupe Fiasco and more.