Key Takeaways
- New Album: New Found Glory has released their 11th studio album titled Listen Up!.
- Band History: The group, formed in 1997, is approaching their 30th anniversary.
- Personal Challenges: The album arrives during a difficult time for the band, particularly for guitarist Chad Gilbert.
- Upcoming Tour: Following the album’s release, they will embark on a tour with Yellowcard.
Pop-punk mainstays New Found Glory have ended a six-year album gap with Listen Up!, their 11th studio LP and first release via Pure Noise Records. The 10-track set arrived Feb. 20.
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Formed in 1997 in Coral Springs, Florida, the quartet — vocalist Jordan Pundik, guitarist Chad Gilbert, bassist Ian Grushka and drummer Cyrus Bolooki — are approaching their 30th anniversary as a band.
Listen Up! follows 2023’s Make the Most of It EP and arrives amid a period of personal challenges for the group, including Gilbert’s ongoing battle with aggressive metastatic cancer.
The album builds on the introspective tone of that EP while returning to the band’s fast-paced, riff-driven pop-punk sound. The project opens with “Boom Roasted” and closes with “Frankenstein’s Monster,” and includes previously released tracks “Beer and Blood Stains,” “Treat Yourself” and “Laugh It Off,” along with the newly issued “A Love Song.”
Speaking about the album’s intent, Gilbert said, “We wanted to make something that really focused on how lucky we are.” That sentiment is echoed in “Beer and Blood Stains,” which reflects on the band’s early years and includes the lyric, “It’s good to be alive.”
The writing process included Bolooki and Grushka traveling to Gilbert’s Nashville-area home to develop material together, resulting in what the band has described as a renewed, riff-first approach reminiscent of earlier releases.
Following the album’s release, New Found Glory will hit the road for an extensive run of shows. The band joins 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 stops 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.
