Resurrection (New Found Glory album)

Resurrection
Studio album by New Found Glory
Released October 7, 2014 (2014-10-07)
Recorded June–July 2014,
Los Angeles, California
Genre Pop punk, alternative rock
Length 42:41
Label Hopeless
Producer Paul Miner, New Found Glory
New Found Glory chronology
Kill It Live
(2013)		 Resurrection
(2014)
Singles from Resurrection
  1. "Selfless"
    Released: August 5, 2014
  2. "Ready and Willing"
    Released: September 9, 2014
  3. "Stubborn"
    Released: December 19, 2014
  4. "One More Round"
    Released: April 8, 2015[1]
  5. "Vicious Love (feat. Hayley Williams)"
    Released: July 22, 2015[2]

Resurrection is the eighth studio album by American rock band New Found Glory. Released on October 7, 2014, it is the band's first album recorded as a four-piece since the departure of founding guitarist-lyricist Steve Klein in late 2013. The album also marks their debut release with independent label Hopeless Records, having concluded their previous recording contract with Epitaph Records.

Produced alongside frequent collaborator Paul Miner and recorded between June and July 2014, the album was preceded by singles "Selfless" and "Ready and Willing." To promote the release of the album, the band headlined the fifth annual Glamour Kills tour starting on August 10, with dates across South Korea, Canada, the United States, and Europe.

On October 9, 2015 a reissue of the album called Resurrection: Ascension was released.[3]

Background

In October 2011, the band released their seventh studio album Radiosurgery via Epitaph Records.[4][5] To support the album, the band headlined the Rockstar-sponsored "Pop Punk's Not Dead Tour" in North America ahead of Set Your Goals, The Wonder Years, Man Overboard, and This Time Next Year. The tour commenced on 6 October in Santa Cruz, California and ran through to 20 November in San Diego.[6][7][8] Following a report published in Billboard magazine announcing the band would be entering a "lengthy hiatus",[9][10] Chad Gilbert spoke out and strongly denied these rumors before confirming they would be recording their first live album the following year.[11][12] The band went on to release Kill It Live in October 2013,[13] which featured the band's live set recorded over two nights at Chain Reaction in California, as well as three new studio tracks including single "Connect the Dots."[14] The release was followed up with a co-headling tour alongside Chicago punk band Alkaline Trio with support from H2O. The tour commenced on October 23 in San Francisco, through November 25 in Tucson.[15]

Following the completion of the aforementioned tour, the band make a shock announcement via their Facebook page on December 12, informing fans that founding member and rhythm guitarist Steve Klein had parted ways with the band.[16][17] The statement explained that Klein was no longer in the band due to "personal differences" and that they would begin searching for a replacement soon, having made plans to record albums without him.[18]

Writing and recording

Drummer Cyrus Bolooki recounted the writing process of the album in an interview with Blunt magazine: "This time around was cool as there was a lot of collaboration going on, there were no roadblocks. There really wasn’t that much stress; it was fun writing this record. I live a short drive from Chad’s [Gilbert, guitar] house so I’d head there and he’d record guitars and structures, I’d add in drum parts and send it around to everyone where the lyric ideas were coming through. It wasn’t just Chad either, Jordan [Pundik, vocals] contributed a lot of vocal ideas. The three of us in California [bass player Ian Grushka resides in Florida] would go to Chad’s and sit around the dining room table while Jordan recorded demos on this crappy microphone. We did that over a dozen times; we’d actually written the record before we set foot in the studio."[19]

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AbsolutePunk4/10 [20]
Allmusic[21]
Alternative Press[22]
Big Cheese7/10[23]
Exclaim!8/10[24]
Kerrang![25]
Rock Sound7/10[26]
Rolling Stone Australia[27]
The Daily Sundialfavorable[28]

Resurrection received generally favourable reviews from music critics, with a Metacritic rating of 73/100 based on six reviews.[29] Kerrang! commented, "Resurrection is a powerhouse of a record, the brave onward steps of New Found Glory proving that hope--like pop-punk--is not dead".[29] Exclaim! felt that "The band have once again found their sweet spot".[29] Thomas Nassiff of AbsolutePunk.net said, in a polarizing review of the album, that "The worst part about this album is that it feels like New Found Glory writing a New Found Glory record for the sake of writing a New Found Glory record. At no point do I get any sort of impression of passion during the album's runtime." [20] The album was included at number 20 on Rock Sound's "Top 50 Albums of the Year" list.[30] The album was included at number 44 on Kerrang!'s "The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014" list.[31]

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number 25 on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 14,000 copies in the United States, narrowly outselling fellow rock band Yellowcard (who released Lift a Sail on the same day) by less than 100 copies.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by New Found Glory.[16][32]

  1. "Selfless" – 3:47
  2. "Resurrection" – 3:01
    featuring Scott Vogel of Terror
  3. "The Worst Person" – 3:30
  4. "Ready & Willing" – 3:22
  5. "One More Round" – 3:03
  6. "Vicious Love" – 3:23
  7. "Persistent" – 3:06
  8. "Stories of a Different Kind" – 3:06
  9. "Degenerate" – 3:24
  10. "Angel" – 3:44
  11. "Stubborn" – 3:30
    featuring Anthony Raneri of Bayside
  12. "Living Hell" – 2:41
  13. "On My Own" – 3:04
    featuring Brendan Yates of Turnstile

Personnel

Chart performance

Charts (2014) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart (ARIA)[33] 33
UK Albums Chart (OCC)[34] 74
UK Rock Albums (OCC)[35] 7
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[36] 18
U.S. Billboard 200[37] 25
U.S. Independent Albums (Billboard)[38] 5
U.S. Alternative Albums (Billboard)[39] 3
U.S. Rock Albums (Billboard)[40] 6

References

Citations
  1. ↑ http://www.newfoundglory.com/one-more-round-7-bundles-available-now/
  2. ↑ https://play.google.com/store/music/album/New_Found_Glory_Vicious_Love_feat_Hayley_Williams?id=Bzhq5uf4wl2rybdtpr7zihxddby
  3. ↑ http://radio.com/2015/07/22/new-found-glory-remake-vicious-love-adding-hayley-williams/
  4. ↑ McLennan, Scott (October 4, 2011). "New Found Glory's Radiosurgery offers pop-punk gems". The Boston Globe (The New York Times Company). Retrieved October 4, 2011.
  5. ↑ Staff (August 3, 2011). "New Found Glory detail 'Radiosurgery'". Big Cheese (Newstrade MMC). Retrieved August 4, 2011.
  6. ↑ DiVincenzo, Alex (August 1, 2011). "Pop Punk's Not Dead Tour Dates". AbsolutePunk (Buzz Media). Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ Knowles, Eleanor (June 25, 2011). "New Found Glory to headline the Pop Punk's Not Dead tour". Idobi. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  8. ↑ Common, Tyler (August 1, 2011). "New Found Glory announce "Pop Punk's Not Dead" tour dates". Alternative Press (Alternative Magazines Inc). Retrieved August 2, 2011.
  9. ↑ Graff, Gary (November 28, 2012). "New Found Glory Needs To 'Go Away For a Little Bit,' Says Frontman". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  10. ↑ Wenn, David (November 29, 2012). "New Found Glory Announce Lengthy Hiatus". Contactmusic. Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  11. ↑ Tate, Jason (November 29, 2012). "New Found Glory Address Previous Billboard Article". AbsolutePunk (Buzz Media). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  12. ↑ Whitt, Cassie (November 29, 2012). "New Found Glory announce 2013 live album, address hiatus rumors". Alternative Press (Alternative Magazines, Inc.). Retrieved March 1, 2013.
  13. ↑ "New Found Glory set to release first live album in October!". Rock Sound (Freeway Press, Inc). July 10, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
  14. ↑ Strummer, Brittany (August 23, 2013). "New Found Glory announce ‘Connect the Dots’". Punknews (Buzz Media). Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Alkaline Trio Announce Co-Headlining Tour with New Found Glory". Epitaph Records. August 14, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
  16. 1 2 Tate, Jason (December 12, 2013). "Steve Klein Has Been Kicked Out Of New Found Glory". AbsolutePunk (Buzz Media). Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  17. ↑ Kraus, Brian (December 12, 2013). "New Found Glory part ways with guitarist Steve Klein". Alternative Press (Alternative Magazines Inc). Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  18. ↑ Wisniewski, Kira (December 12, 2013). "Steve Klein no longer in New Found Glory". Punknews. Retrieved September 10, 2014.
  19. ↑ New Found Glory: The Comeback Kids Blunt. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  20. 1 2 http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=3710214
  21. ↑ Heaney, Gregory (October 24, 2014). "Review: Resurrection". Allmusic (All Media Network). Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  22. ↑ Heisel, Scott (October 8, 2014). "New Found Glory - Resurrection". Alternative Press (Alternative Press Magazine, Inc). Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  23. ↑ Mair, Rob (October 2014). "Pop punk legends come out swinging". Big Cheese (London: Big Cheese Publishing Ltd) (171): 97. ISSN 1365-358X.
  24. ↑ Zorgdrager, Bradley (October 3, 2014). "New Found Glory - Resurrection". Exclaim! (Ontario, Inc). Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  25. ↑ Hickie, James (October 8, 2014). "Troubled Times Provide Pop-Punk Kings With New-Found Power". Kerrang! (London: Bauer Media Group) (1538): 52. ISSN 0262-6624. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  26. ↑ Biddulph, Andy (October 2014). "Review: New Found Glory - Resurrection". Rock Sound (London: Freeway Press) (192): 80. ISSN 1465-0185.
  27. ↑ Yates, Rod (October 8, 2014). "New Found Glory - Resurrection". Rolling Stone Australia (Paper Riot Pty, Ltd). Retrieved October 9, 2014.
  28. ↑ Vejar, Alex (October 10, 2014). "Early 2000s rock is here to stay: New Found Glory/Yellowcard album reviews". The Daily Sundial (California State University). Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  29. 1 2 3 http://www.metacritic.com/music/resurrection/new-found-glory Metacritic. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  30. ↑ Bird, ed. 2015, p. 26
  31. ↑ Emily (March 18, 2015). "The Top 50 Rock Albums Of 2014". Kerrang!. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  32. ↑ Segovia, Martha. "New Found Glory Set to Release New Album "Resurrection" in October". Retrieved August 5, 2014.
  33. ↑ "New Found Glory - Resurrection (Album)". Australian-Charts.com. October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  34. ↑ "2014-02-08 Top 40 Rock & Metal Albums Archive | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart (The Official Charts Company). Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  35. ↑ "2014-10-18 Top 40 Rock & Metal Albums Archive | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart (The Official Charts Company). Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  36. ↑ "2014-10-18 Top 40 Independent Albums Archive | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart (The Official Charts Company). Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  37. ↑ "New Found Glory - Chart history - Billboard 200". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  38. ↑ "New Found Glory - Chart history - Independent albums". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  39. ↑ "New Found Glory - Chart history - Alternative albums". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  40. ↑ "New Found Glory - Chart history - Top Rock albums". Billboard (Prometheus Global Media). Retrieved October 20, 2014.
Sources
  • Bird, Ryan, ed. (January 2015). "Top 50 Albums of the Year". Rock Sound (London: Freeway Press Inc.) (195). ISSN 1465-0185. 

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