Pop punk vets New Found Glory have slated their new studio album, Listen Up!, for release on February 20th, 2026. It will be the group’s first full-length in nearly six years and their first via Pure Noise Records. Speaking of the effort, the band shared:
“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. 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.”
The band have also debuted a new single for the track “Laugh It Off”. You can check it out below via the Hannah Gray Hall-directed video. Speaking of the track, the band offered:
“This is 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.”
Listen Up! is available for pre-order now via MerchNOW, Apple Music, and Spotify.
Listen Up! track listing:
- “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”
