If you’ve never been a fan of the grunge/punk/softcore band Fall Out Boy, now is the time to start.

Finally back from their three year long hiatus, the boys have returned with a bang. Their new album “Save Rock and Roll” was released today, and the tracks are just as perfect as the title of the album.

These days, with awkward techno beats and auto tuned voices, classic rock and roll has been a bit of a dying genre. Fans of traditional, real rock and roll have resorted to listening to older — but still fantastic — bands such as Avenged Sevenfold, Metallica, Disturbed, System of a Down, and more.

Though Fall Out Boy definitely isn’t as traditional or hardcore as the bands previously listed, their new album definitely has some great traditional rock and roll roots that make the album addicting.

Admittedly, there are some aspects that reflect “today’s” rock and roll, but the powerful drum beats and Patrick Stump’s refreshingly ragged voice give most people in my generation a nice break from the usual high pitched vocals that are blaring through our headphones.

Too many times, I’ve been listening to a recent rock band, only to have my sister tell me that “that girl has a really good voice,” with my frustrated reply of “IT’S A BOY!”

Thankfully, Stump’s voice is both unique and deep enough to ensure masculinity.

The album’s diversity is another thing that makes it unique. Featuring artists like Foxes, Big Sean, and Elton John, the album not only pulls off good rock music, but also some fun, catchy songs that display characteristics from other genres that make it almost impossible not to sing along to at the top of your lungs.

In the past, rock bands such as Linkin Park have done collaborations with rappers like Jay-Z, and that was a complete disaster. Going over the top and completely killing their sound, Linkin Park went downhill and never made their way back up.

However, Fall Out Boy’s ability to feature rapper Big Sean in just one song and still keep their roots displays true talent and diversity. And, coming from someone who hates all rap except Macklemore, “The Mighty Fall” featuring Big Sean is actually one of my favorite tracks on the album, coming in third after “Just One Yesterday” and “Miss Missing You.”

If there’s one thing that you need to know about me while reading this review, it’s that I’m a complete lyric junkie. To me, a song is only as good as it’s lyrics, and Fall Out Boy went above and beyond with their lyrics.

Every single song has some form of beautiful poetry in it that’ll leave you thinking, “Wow. How did they come up with that? It’s genius.”

Rappers these days are given way too much credit for coming up with phrases like “YOLO” and “Gucci.” For some reason unknown to me, those phrases qualify their founders as geniuses in the arts, but the true geniuses in this case are the ones who can take you back to another time in your life with just a few verses, and Fall Out Boy undoubtedly and successfully did that.

Whether they’re being cheesy and sweet (“you and me are the difference between real love and the love on TV,”) deep, and making you think (“you are what you love, not who loves you,”) boosting your self esteem (“I don’t have the right name, or the right looks, but I have twice the heart,”) being inspirational (“sometimes before it gets better, the darkness gets bigger,”) making it easy to relate to the song, (“I miss missing you now and then,”) or just singing something plain beautiful, (“if heaven’s grief brings hell’s rain, then I’d trade all my tomorrows for just one yesterday,”) they’re pulling it off, and they’re pulling it off well.

It’s safe to say that Fall Out Boy did indeed Save Rock and Roll.