Since the release of Take This to Your Grave in May 2003, Fall Out Boy seemed splashed across the concert listing pages of every fishwrap from Bakersfield to Buffalo. Still, they found time to record this tide-me-over acoustic EP. "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" gets the unplugged treatment, and though their titles are ultimately more memorable than the new songs themselves, "It's Not a Side Effect of the Cocaine, I Am Thinking It Must Be Love," and particularly "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner" are filled with the rousing vocals and emo-inflected sonic heartbreak that made Grave so memorable. The band's rhythm section is jobless for My Heart Will Always Be, until their ambitious cover of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart," which wisely layers the original's memorable bassline under FOB's normal warm urgency. The tenor of the song changes, certainly -- the clean cut kids in Fall Out Boy might've had a few prom dates break up with them over the years, but they're not going to access Ian Curtis' broken emotions and fatalism. They don't try. It's just a nice cover to flesh out the EP, adding a bit of look-back cred while stitching another heart on to the sleeve. In addition to the music, Fall Out fans will enjoy My Heart Will Always Be's DVD portion, which includes videos, more acoustic performances, a fan photo gallery, and the usual jumble of behind the scenes footage and band-related factoids. ~ Johnny Loftus

Emo pop-punkers Fall Out Boy prove that they don't need electric guitars to rock out on this all-acoustic five-song EP. Here frontman Patrick Stump's powerful, heart-on-the-sleeve vocals are at the fore, guiding the band through the sensitive, literate, and lovelorn new songs "My Heart Is the Worst Kind of Weapon," "'It's Not a Side Effect of the Cocaine...,'" and the DIRTY DANCING-referencing "Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner." In addition to a deft, unplugged version of their medley "Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy," the group runs through a surprisingly organic and fleet-footed rendition of Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart." The EP also includes a DVD that features Fall Out Boy videos and footage of these acoustic performances.