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Makes Me Sick
Studio album by New Found Glory
Released	April 28, 2017
Recorded	October 2016
Genre	Pop-punk alternative rock
Length	34:03
Label	Hopeless
Producer	Aaron Sprinkle
New Found Glory chronology
Resurrection (2014) Makes Me Sick (2017) Forever + Ever x Infinity (2020)
Singles from Makes Me Sick
"Happy Being Miserable" Released: February 16, 2017 "Party on Apocalypse" Released: April 24, 2017 "The Sound of Two Voices" Released: September 7, 2017

Makes Me Sick is the ninth studio album by American rock band New Found Glory. It was released on April 28, 2017, through Hopeless Records.

Background

In October 2016, Alternative Press reported that the group were working on a new album.

Release

The band sent out cryptic messages teasing the album and on January 25, 2017, Makes Me Sick was announced for release in April. The lead single, "Happy Being Miserable", was released on February 16. The music video, filmed in January, was directed by Max Moore and is a recreation of a famous scene from the film Stand by Me. Between March and May, the group went on an anniversary tour to celebrate 20 years of being a band. On the tour, the group performed material from their 1999–2009 albums, as well as "Happy Being Miserable". Gilbert said tour would be "making people aware" of their new album and that for their "future tours we will jam more" songs from the album. On April 14, "Party on Apocalypse" was made available for streaming. A music video was released for it, directed by Moore.Makes Me Sick was released on April 28 through Hopeless Records. In September, the band performed at Riot Fest.

On September 7, a music video was released for "The Sound of Two Voices", directed by Moore. On December 1, a music video was released for "20 Years from Now", an outtake from the Makes Me Sick sessions. The clip consisted of footage from the previous 20 years of the group's existence. Additionally, the track was also released as a single. In May and June, the band embarked on the Sick Tour in the US, with support from Bayside, the Movielife and former Yellowcard frontman William Ryan Key. On May 17, a music video was released for "Call Me Anti-Social", directed by Moore. The album was re-released as a deluxe edition, Makes Me Sick Again, on May 18, 2018. On June 11, a music video was released for "Heaven Sent", directed by Paris Visone. Later in the month, the band headlining their own festival, BreakFest. In early August, the band performed on the 2018 Warped Tour. On August 15, a music video was released for "Barbed Wire", directed by Visone.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	67/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Alternative Press
Exclaim!	7/10
Rock Sound	6/10

Makes Me Sick received mostly positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 67 based on 5 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Neil Z. Yeung of AllMusic stated that the album is for "diehards who have grown with the band over the decades, this softer and more buoyant sound should be a welcome maturation."

Track listing

All tracks are written by New Found Glory

Personnel

Credits adapted from AllMusic.

New Found Glory

• Jordan Pundik – lead vocals
• Chad Gilbert – guitars, backing vocals
• Ian Grushka – bass guitar
• Cyrus Bolooki – drums, percussion

Technical

• David Bean – photography
• Brian Butler – artwork/layout
• Troy Glessner – mastering
• Tom Lord-Alge – mixing
• Aaron Mlasko – drum technician
• Aaron Sprinkle – engineer, producer
• Lee Unfried – drum engineering

Charts

References

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• 2017 albums
• New Found Glory albums
• Albums produced by Aaron Sprinkle
• Hopeless Records albums