“We want to encourage hope that the hard times will bring growth and strength…” New Found Glory will release their new album Listen Up! early next year.
New Found Glory have announced their first new album in six years, Listen Up!.
The pop-punk heroes will release the follow-up to 2020’s Forever + Ever x Infinity on February 20, 2026 via Pure Noise, and they share that, “The overall message/theme of this album is to encourage hope through hard times, while also looking at the world as somewhat of a fly on a wall: seeing people’s fear, negativity, and stress about small things that only scratch the surface of what life will eventually – but bring in a hopeful way. We want to encourage hope that the hard times will bring growth and strength. So the music is super fun and anthemic and loose feeling. We’re singing loud and proud about the scars and not in a pity party sort of way.
“There’s also a lot of reflection,” NFG add. “We’re looking back at the good ol’ days as reminders of all we’ve been through in life that led us to the people we are today. Sonically the album has that juxtaposition too. It’s fun pop melodies mixed with the heavier, riffed songs.”
To mark the news, the band have dropped new single Laugh It Off, which they describe as “an upbeat song based around this lead riff that recurs throughout, while the lyrics are about being on each other’s case in a relationship at times. But you get so lost in the debate that you have to stop and laugh.
“The connection is so deep that you always end up acknowledging that it was a silly argument. And you always end up laughing, especially in the middle of the argument when someone pronounces something wrong or says something backwards. Life’s too short to get hung up on the little passing things.”
Watch the video below:
Check out the full Listen Up! tracklist:
1. Boom Roasted
2. 100%
3. Laugh It Off
4. A Love Song
5. Beer and Blood Stains
6. Medicine
7. Treat Yourself
8. Dream Born Again
9. You Got This
10. Frankenstein's Monster
And catch the band live in the UK next month:
New Found Glory autumn 2025 headline tour
October
10 Birmingham O2 Academy
11 Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse
12 Newcastle O2 City Hall
14 Glasgow O2 Academy
15 Nottingham Rock City
17 Bournemouth O2 Academy
18 London O2 Academy Brixton
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