Album review: Patrick Stump's 'Soul Punk'

Patrick Stump makes worried reference more than once to the danger of cliché on “Soul Punk,” his solo debut after a long (and perhaps to-be-resumed) run with the popular emo rock band Fall Out Boy. Yet nothing about this deeply idiosyncratic album suggests that Stump has cause for fear: With its sleek club-pop synths, flowery R&B singing and ultra-earnest lyrics about economic hardship and hometown pride, “Soul Punk” fulfills no known stereotype; it never allows you to tune out, confide...

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