{"id":2309496,"date":"2026-03-03T02:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2309496"},"modified":"2026-03-03T02:14:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T02:14:20","slug":"album-review-new-found-glory-listen-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/album-review-new-found-glory-listen-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Album review: New Found Glory &#8211; &#8216;Listen Up!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!--IMAGE\/AMAZON BEGIN--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<!--IMAGE\/AMAZON END--><\/p>\n<p>New Found Glory has gone through many discrete transformations in their career.<span id=\"more-39113\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you listen to the early releases, such as \u2018Nothing Gold Can Stay\u2019 and \u2018All About The Girls\u2019, you\u2019d think it was a completely different band compared to now. It obviously is, in terms of maturing and all that clich\u00e9, public relations nonsense that bands spew out with every new album, but NFG seemed to change dramatically in the run up to and after the departure of Steve Klein. The edge that kept the pop punk innovators above anyone who dare challenge their legacy was lacking in the albums that followed 2004\u2019s Catalyst, where there was still the odd gem, but we didn\u2019t get a no skip album after that. Since then, the band have gone through their battles, including Chad Gilbert\u2019s ongoing battles with cancer which caused him to miss out on the UK tour recently. <\/p>\n<p>It might be the touring with stand in guitarists from bands such as Four Year Strong, Real Friends, and Cartel that\u2019s given the band fresh inspiration on the newest album \u2018Listen Up!\u2019 <\/p>\n<p>The title track \u2018Boom Roasted\u2019 gives us all the optimism that NFG are back in the form that we loved the most and it\u2019s followed by \u2018100%\u2019 that just confirms that. Great riffs, catchy hooks and lyrics that make themselves at home in your brain for days. The thing that always made NFG great was that the original fans who are now pushing 40 \u2013 if not well over that line \u2013 can still unashamedly sing pop songs in the car and keep their punk credentials. Listen Up! maintains that privilege.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3923236477\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/purenoise.bandcamp.com\/album\/listen-up\">Listen Up! by New Found Glory<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The gang vocals are strong throughout this album, something that has almost become a trademark of NFG, even though everyone and their dog in pop punk uses them. Something that NFG first drew from the hardcore scene that made them stand out. The same can be said about how Chad writes the riffs \u2013 big, chunky, and often darker than pop punk is used to. \u2018A Love Song\u2019 is a perfect example of the band getting a song to fit so perfectly between pop punk and hardcore \u2013 something that earned them the honour of being dubbed the founders of \u201ceasycore\u201d. You can really hear that in this album. <\/p>\n<p>if you were to blind listen to this release, you\u2019d place it between Sticks and Stones and Catalyst. You get the fun \u2013 \u2018Beer And Blood Stains\u2019 being the perfect example of that \u2013 but also the angst and frustration that they\u2019ve helped us get through for the last 30 years. This album brings New Found Glory back to the old glory days, and we\u2019re happy to have them back! <\/p>\n<div class=\"abh_box abh_box_down abh_box_business\">\n<div class=\"abh_tab_content\">\n<section class=\"vcard author abh_about_tab abh_tab\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Person\" style=\"display:block\">\n<div class=\"abh_text\">\n<div class=\"description note abh_description\" itemprop=\"description\">Been drowning in music since the local CD pirate accidentally dropped off a copy of Green Day&#8217;s Insomniac. Touring days are behind him but still likes to talk as if he&#8217;s part of it. Known to take the occasional photo. Will talk to you about his dog.<br \/><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linktr.ee\/catchinglight\">Catching Light Photography<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"abh_posts_tab abh_tab\">\n<div class=\"abh_text\">\n<div class=\"abh_name\">Latest posts by Craig McConnell <span class=\"abh_allposts\">(<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.isthismusic.com\/author\/craig-mcconnell\">see all<\/a>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.isthismusic.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Found Glory has gone through many discrete transformations in their career. If you listen to the early releases, such as \u2018Nothing Gold Can Stay\u2019 and \u2018All About The Girls\u2019, you\u2019d think it was a completely different band compared to now. It obviously is, in terms of maturing and all that clich\u00e9, public relations nonsense [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2309497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2309496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Album-review-New-Found-Glory-Listen-Up.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2309496"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2309498,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2309496\/revisions\/2309498"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2309497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2309496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2309496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2309496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}