- 2025-10-01
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MUSIC
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New Found Glory Announces New Album “Listen Up!”, Shares New Song “Laugh It Off”
American punk rock band New Found Glory, consisting of Jordan Pundik (vocals/rhythm guitar), Ian Grushka (bass), Chad Gilbert (lead guitar) and Cyrus Bolooki (drums), has announced their upcoming album “Listen Up!” will be released on February 20, 2026.
It is their first album in six years since the 2020 album “Forever + Ever x Infinity”, excluding the 2021 Christmas album “December's Here” and the 2023 acoustic album “Make the Most of It”. Also, it is the first release under their new label Pure Noise Records.
From the album, the band released a new song “Laugh It Off” on September 30, 2025.
The song is the second single off, following “100%” released back in April.
It was written by Chad Everett Gilbert, Cyrus William Bolooki, Ian R. Grushka, and Jordan I. Pundik. Produced by Steve Evetts.
The accompanying music video was directed by Hannah Gray Hall.
The band said of the song, “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.”- The album comprises 10 tracks, produced by Steve Evetts.
The band said of the album, “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.” - source : Apple Music
