Truant Wave is the first EP by the American musician Patrick Stump, the lead singer and guitarist of Fall Out Boy.

It was first released as a digital download exclusive to iTunes on February 22, 2011, through Stump's own record label Nervous Breakdance Media,[3] before becoming available from all online retailers on 9 March.

Truant Wave was an advance of the release of his first full-length album, Soul Punk, and consists of songs that Stump did not include on it.

"Having recorded Soul Punk as the sole performer and writer, creating Truant Wave also presented a welcome opportunity for me to work with some of my gifted friends on my solo material.

Stump had a poll asking voters which version they would prefer to see on Soul Punk, his upcoming album, which was closed in February 2011 and the results hidden.

[10] On Twitter, he mentioned that the songs he had debuted at South by Southwest in 2010 would not be on Soul Punk, but would still receive a "proper release", which is now known to be Truant Wave.

Stump does not go back to his pop-punk roots, and says Truant Wave is not Take This to Your Grave Part II as some people expected.

He says that one of the reasons he put out Truant Wave in the first place was to "soften the blow" of his new music style, because it was a major change from Fall Out Boy's sound.

And then the character gets really dark, and then, at the end, I envisioned him being really down and out in Hollywood, like drunk and telling someone, 'Look, kid, don't make the same mistakes I did.'

He premiered "Explode" on YouTube and a remix of "This City" featuring rapper Lupe Fiasco was available on iTunes in the lead up to Soul Punk's release.

The slow motion, low-budget video directed by Joe Wein[15] shows Stump as he interacts with people and animals doing extraordinary things and showcasing their talents; pogoing, skateboarding, sport stacking, yo-yoing, penspinning and swinging nunchucks.