"On some level, yes, this is a political record," Fall Out Boy singer/guitarist Patrick Stump tells Billboard of "Folie A Deux," due Nov. 4 via Island. "But it's a political record only insofar as anyone making music and paying attention to what's happening will make a record tinged with politics. You can't ignore it."

The band played at last month's Democratic National Convention in Denver, and is teaming with Rock the Vote until the election in November. At the Convention, Stump says the band kept its official comments nonpartisan, only encouraging people to register and vote. But, he adds, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama "is the most excited I've been about a candidate."

Fall Out Boys members are less forthcoming about the content of "Folie A Deux" -- bassist Pete Wentz says the record contains more "outside perspectives" and "fictionalized accounts" than previous efforts, but he declined to reveal any specifics.

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