Makes Me Sick

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Makes Me Sick
File:Makes Me Sick by New Found Glory.jpg
Studio album by
New Found Glory
ReleasedApril 28, 2017
RecordedOctober 2016
Genre
Length34:03
LabelHopeless
ProducerAaron Sprinkle
New Found Glory chronology
Resurrection
(2014) 		Makes Me Sick
(2017) 		Forever + Ever x Infinity
(2020)
Singles from Makes Me Sick
  1. "Happy Being Miserable"
    Released: February 16, 2017
  2. "Party on Apocalypse"
    Released: April 24, 2017
  3. "The Sound of Two Voices"
    Released: September 7, 2017

Makes Me Sick is the tenth studio album by American rock band New Found Glory. It was released on April 28, 2017, through Hopeless Records.[4]

Background

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In October 2016, Alternative Press reported that the group were working on a new album.[5]

Release

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The band sent out cryptic messages teasing the album and on January 25, 2017, Makes Me Sick was announced for release in April.[6] The lead single, "Happy Being Miserable", was released on February 16.[7] The music video, filmed in January,[6] was directed by Max Moore and is a recreation of a famous scene from the film Stand by Me.[8] 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,[9] 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.[10] On April 14, "Party on Apocalypse" was made available for streaming.[11] A music video was released for it, directed by Moore.[12]Makes Me Sick was released on April 28 through Hopeless Records.[6] In September, the band performed at Riot Fest.[13]

On September 7, a music video was released for "The Sound of Two Voices", directed by Moore.[14] 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.[15] Additionally, the track was also released as a single.[16] 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.[17] On May 17, a music video was released for "Call Me Anti-Social", directed by Moore.[18] 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.[19] Later in the month, the band headlining their own festival, BreakFest.[20] In early August, the band performed on the 2018 Warped Tour.[21] On August 15, a music video was released for "Barbed Wire", directed by Visone.[22]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[23]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[24]
Alternative PressStarStarStarHalf starFile:Star empty.svg[25]
Exclaim!7/10[26]
Rock Sound6/10[27]

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".[23] 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."[24]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by New Found Glory[28]

No.TitleLength
1."Your Jokes Aren't Funny"3:08
2."Party on Apocalypse"3:23
3."Call Me Anti-Social"3:28
4."Happy Being Miserable"3:00
5."The Sound of Two Voices"2:58
6."Blurred Vision"3:40
7."Say It Don't Spray It"3:27
8."Barbed Wire"3:47
9."Short and Sweet"3:29
10."The Cheapest Thrill"3:43
Total length:34:03
Makes Me Sick Again
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven Sent"3:23
2."Your Jokes Aren't Funny"3:08
3."Party on Apocalypse"3:23
4."Call Me Anti-Social"3:28
5."Happy Being Miserable"3:00
6."The Sound of Two Voices"2:58
7."Vacation Day"3:06
8."Blurred Vision"3:40
9."Say It Don't Spray It"3:27
10."Barbed Wire"3:47
11."Short and Sweet"3:29
12."The Cheapest Thrill"3:43
13."20 Years From Now"3:32
Total length:44:04

Personnel

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Credits adapted from AllMusic.[28]

New Found Glory

Technical

Charts

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Chart (2017) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[29] 36
Scottish Albums (OCC)[30] 54
UK Albums (OCC)[31] 55
US Billboard 200[32] 40
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[33] 1
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[34] 7

References

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