New Found Glory Breaks Six-Year Album Silence with 'Listen Up!'
New Found Glory returns with Listen Up!, their first album in six years, marking a new chapter with Pure Noise Records amidst personal challenges.
Pop-punk icons New Found Glory have ended a six-year album drought with Listen Up!, their 11th studio LP, and debut release on Pure Noise Records. The 10-track album dropped on Feb. 20.
Formed in 1997 in Coral Springs, Florida, the quartet—vocalist Jordan Pundik, guitarist Chad Gilbert, bassist Ian Grushka, and drummer Cyrus Bolooki—are nearing their 30th anniversary.
Listen Up! follows 2023’s Make the Most of It EP and arrives during a period of personal challenges for the band, including Gilbert’s battle with aggressive metastatic cancer.
The album builds upon the introspective tone of the EP while revisiting the band’s signature fast-paced, riff-driven pop-punk sound. The tracklist includes previously released songs like “Beer and Blood Stains,” “Treat Yourself,” and “Laugh It Off,” alongside the new single “A Love Song,” opening with “Boom Roasted” and closing with “Frankenstein’s Monster.”
Speaking about the album's purpose, Gilbert stated, “We wanted to make something that really focused on how lucky we are.” This sentiment is reflected in “Beer and Blood Stains,” with the lyric, “It’s good to be alive.”
The writing process involved Bolooki and Grushka traveling to Gilbert’s Nashville-area home to collaborate, resulting in a renewed, riff-first approach reminiscent of their earlier work.
Following the album release, New Found Glory will embark on an extensive tour, joining Yellowcard for the Up Up Down Down Tour, a 27-date spring outing with Plain White T’s beginning May 6 in Atlanta and concluding June 20 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Stops include Chicago, Denver, Nashville, and New York.
International dates include an appearance at Hammersonic 2026 in Indonesia on May 3. Festival appearances are also scheduled at Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival in Columbus (May 14–17) and multiple dates of the returning Vans Warped Tour, including Washington, D.C., Mexico City, and Orlando.
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