New Found Glory: Not Without a Fight

New Found Glory: Not Without a Fight New Found Glory releases their sixth studio album, Not Without a Fight, on Epitaph Records. The album is produced by Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 fame. NFG mixes pop punk and emo-pop; a mixture which launched them into the spotlight at the turn of the decade. Nowadays this mixture is the formula for millions of teenage bands looking to break out of high school and onto the radio. But with the members of New Found Glory all pushing 30, they risk looking like outsiders in the genre they innovated. The differences between NFG's debut album Nothing Gold Can Stay and Not Without a Fight are few and far between. NFG's songwriting has certainly not matured. The band's breakout hit was "Hit or Miss", a song about love lost. The first single off of Not Without a Fight is "Listen to Your Friends", a song with similar subject matter. For fans of New Found Glory, this album will play right into their wheel house. The songs are filled with catchy riffs, Jordan Pundik signature whine, and gang vocal exclamations. However, I can not shake the feeling that NFG has to mature sometime to avoid the feeling of stunted growth, if that feeling isn't already present for many listeners. Rating: 5.3/10 MP3: New Found Glory "Such a Mess" Buy: Insound