In a new interview, Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy provided some updates on the band's progress towards their next album:

Patrick's obviously been writing all the music, and the words haven't even really come in yet. I'll go over to Patrick's house and he'll kind of just sit there and play songs, and I'll be like, 'Ah, that one's awesome!'

As for the tone of the record, given Wentz status as a expectant father and married man?

I think that it's kind of blown out of control. That people expect us to have a happy fairy tale record or something. We weren't in the right headspace to write songs before," he adds. "We tried to before we went to Chile, and it makes a lot more sense now. We became good friends again, which is good.

In related news, another reader pointed us to this article which indicates that Wentz has collaborated on a new track with rapper T.I. Wentz promises a sound like "something from 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' "