PAX AM Days

PAX AM Days
EP by Fall Out Boy
Released	October 15, 2013 (2013-10-15)
Recorded	July 2013
Studio	PAX AM Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Genre	Punk rock hardcore punk
Length	13:19
Label	Island PAX AM
Producer	Ryan Adams Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy chronology
Save Rock and Roll (2013) PAX AM Days (2013) American Beauty/American Psycho (2015)

PAX AM Days (stylized as PAX•AM Days) is an EP by American rock band Fall Out Boy, released on October 15, 2013, by Island Records and PAX AM. It consists of hardcore punk and punk rock influenced tracks recorded during a two-day "marathon" session with producer Ryan Adams and the band in July 2013 at PAX AM Studios.

The EP was released on CD, digitally and on double 7" vinyl as a stand-alone EP, and also on a limited Save Rock and Roll PAX AM Edition (2013) double-disc reissue. The double 7" vinyl pressing was limited to 3,000, and released on November 29 as part of Record Store Day - Back to Black Friday. Each copy came with a code for a bonus song download, a cover of "New Dreams" by Naked Raygun. The code was found stamped into the dead wax of the 7". On September 30, Fall Out Boy announced the EP and its release date, as well as premiered the first digital single "Love, Sex, Death" with its accompanying video. PAX AM Days was the band's second release in 2013 after the comeback album Save Rock and Roll, and marks a return to their hardcore musical roots with aggressive guitar work, the "antithesis"^[1] to the polished Save Rock and Roll.

Adams reached out to the group at the request of Fall Out Boy's friend and collaborator Butch Walker. Bassist Pete Wentz commented "I think there’s a side of our band in our fans that would appreciate some of the noise that Ryan comes up with, and it would be great for the fans to be able to hear that – hear sort of the raw energy that happens from sessions like that."^[2] The band called it "a collection of songs we did for fun...us letting out some demons" rather than a new album.^[3] On October 7, the entire EP was released for free streaming online. The EP debuted at No. 25 on the US Billboard 200 with 11,000 first week sales.