Fitz & the Tantrums strive for positivity in new tour

Michael Fitzpatrick is used to having his birthday on stage. “Being a summer baby and being on the road at that time, I’m used to it,” said the singer for Fitz & the Tantrums. “[A party] is the kind of live show we bring on, so it’s an easy transition to a birthday.”

Fitzpatrick, who goes by Fitz, will turn 49 on the stage at the Orlando Amphitheater in Central Florida Fairgrounds on Sunday (with Young the Giant; 7 p.m.; 4603 W. Colonial Drive in Orlando; $44.50; livenation.com).

The Los Angeles pop band is on tour ahead of their fourth album, “All the Feels,” slated for release in September. The title, in addition to being a single released in June, sums up the mission for the band in making this record.

“We wanted this to be an emotional, truthful journey about the highs and lows we all go through as human beings,” said Fitz. “Every record is a journey and you’re not sure where it’s going to end up. I just wanted to speak to the truth of what we were going through, what I was going through.”

Even undeniably catchy and upbeat songs from the album carry emotional weight, according to Fitz, such as “123456,” the lead single they released in March. “That song was really the song that helped turned the ship around where, as an artist, I wasn’t sure what I was doing,” he said. “I had a moment of doubt.”

The song, Fitz said, captures “that moment when you wake up and you feel good and confident and you want to hold onto that moment for as long as you can before it goes away again and your demons come back.”

Since their debut in 2010, Fitz and colead singer/percussionist Noelle Scaggs have been known for blending classic soul sounds and rhythms with modern pop. Working without guitars, they struck it big in 2016 with the hit “HandClap.”

Hailing from France, Fitz wrote more than 80 songs for the new album before whittling it down to the 17 that made the cut. “One of the greatest mistakes that artists make is thinking every song is a keeper,” he said. “In writing so many songs, it’s like the peeling of an onion where you take off the surface layer to keep going deeper.”

Fitz believes that ultimately the music he wants to make is positive. “So many of those songs are my personal pep talks,” he said. “As a human being, you can reset your day any time you want.”