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While there’s still no official release date for Black Cards‘ highly anticipated debut album, Pete Wentz says the disc will be out by late summer or early fall. As it turns out, the record is finished but the band hasn’t quite completed last minute tweaks.
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“We have a whole Black Cards album done, and now we’re just writing more songs that might beat out some of the existing songs,” Wentz told SPIN.com last weekend Bamboozle. “There are also a couple of new songs that aren’t even finished yet that could make it on the record. I have a song that I think I posted a demo of called ‘Paradox,’ a song called ‘Take More Than I Can Handle.’”
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Wentz also confirmed that there will be several guest appearances on the album, including Neon Trees singer Tyler Glenn and Shaggy (yes, seriously). Wentz is also hoping to add appearances by Travie McCoy and Cobra Starship frontman Gabe Saporta. Fans have heard a few songs so far (plus more live) but don’t expect the record to sound like Fall Out Boy. “I think people expect us to ride in on Fall Out Boy’s coattails but it’s so different,” Wentz said. “It’s like the dude in the pop punk band goes and makes a pop album that you’re supposed to, like, smoke wacky tobacckey on the beach to, you know? Weird! I never planned on doing that in my entire life.”
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Black Cards have one scheduled tour date — a stop at New York’s Central Park SummerStage on September 1st — coming up, but as of right now there are no other scheduled performances. As for Wentz’s personal life, which has been in the spotlight recently?
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“I ended up having to really talk about my life and my family and my friends way more than I ever wanted to,” he said of his recent divorce from ex-wife Ashlee Simpson. “The good thing about doing something creative and going out on the road is that it just takes your mind off of that.”
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