Pop punk veterans New Found Glory have dropped Listen Up!, their 11th studio album and first full length release in nearly six years. Out now via Pure Noise Records, it’s a record built on resilience, hope, and the energy that put these Coral Springs legends on the map back in the late ’90s.
Listen Up! features ten tracks including previously released singles ‘Beer and Blood Stains’, ‘Treat Yourself’ and ‘Laugh It Off’, alongside the latest single ‘A Love Song’. And let me tell you, ‘A Love Song’ is an absolute joy. It’s one of those tracks that just makes life feel so good and happy and reminds you why you fell in love with this band in the first place.
The album’s creation carries real weight. Guitarist Chad Gilbert, who continues to battle aggressive metastatic cancer, describes the record as a celebration of gratitude. Drummer Cyrus Bolooki and bassist Ian Grushka travelled to Gilbert’s Nashville area home to write together face to face, instruments in hand, workshopping songs with a riff first mentality that harkens back to classics like ‘My Friends Over You’. It’s a musical return to form, and you can hear it.
Vocalist Jordan Pundik captures the spirit perfectly on ‘Beer and Blood Stains’, a nostalgic look back at the band’s scrappy early days playing South Florida clubs. The track’s simple mission statement says it all: it’s good to be alive.
New Found Glory join Yellowcard on The Up Up Down Down Tour this spring, with Plain White T’s as special guests. The 28 date run kicks off May 6th in Atlanta before wrapping June 20th in Springfield. The band will also appear at Hammersonic 2026 in Indonesia, Sonic Temple in Columbus, and multiple Vans Warped Tour dates in Washington D.C., Mexico City, and Orlando.
Stream Listen Up! now and grab physical copies at newfoundglory.com.
Listen Up! Tracklist: ‘Boom Roasted’, ‘100%’, ‘Laugh It Off’, ‘A Love Song’, ‘Beer and Blood Stains’, ‘Medicine’, ‘Treat Yourself’, ‘Dream Born Again’, ‘You Got This’, ‘Frankenstein’s Monster’.
