New Again was released on June 2 through Warner Bros. Records, with several editions of the album featuring bonus tracks and video content.

Following the release of the title-track as a single in July, the group had a support slot on Blink-182's North American tour in August and September.

After an appearance at Soundwave festival in Australia in February and March 2010, Fazzi and Rubano left the group; in their place, former members John Nolan and Shaun Cooper returned to the band.

New Again received a generally favorable response from critics, who praised the album's sound and Lazzara's vocals despite the latter's own dislike of the record.

Subsequently, few songs have been performed live after the release of the band's fifth studio album, Taking Back Sunday.

In June 2007, vocalist Adam Lazzara said Taking Back Sunday were preparing to write the follow-up album to Louder Now (2006).

[2] In July, bassist Matthew Rubano mentioned that the other members of the band were in the process of writing individually in separate locations: Rubano in Manhattan, Lazzara in Texas, guitarist Fred Mascherino in Jersey, drummer Mark O'Connell on Long Island and guitarist Eddie Reyes in Ohio.

O'Connell also got married, Reyes spent time with his family, and Rubano recorded music for the TV show Electric Company.

[10] Reyes, who had met Fazzi during Facing New York's stint on the 2004 Warped Tour, asked him by text whether he wanted to audition for Taking Back Sunday.

[15] During an appearance at the Virgin Mobile Festival in August 2008, Spin reported that the band was on the brink of entering a recording studio.

[46] Rubano said it was the band's take on a Beach Boys-esque song,[47] and has been compared to a mix of Weezer and Bush[48] with its power pop chorus sections.

[55] Fazzi said the track has a "crazy 80s vibe, it's a very different song for Taking Back Sunday",[56] while Rubano said it contained hints of Phoenix and Bloc Party.

"[58] Reyes compared the track to Queens of the Stone Age and Foo Fighters;[59] the bridge section recalled Glassjaw.

[64] Lyrically, it was inspired by a comment Mascherino made during an interview after leaving the band: "[Taking Back Sunday was] more about cooking food than making music.

[80] Following an appearance at Bamboozle Left in April,[81] the band went on a tour of Europe with Underoath, Emery and Innerpartysystem[82] as part of the Give it a Name festival.

[84] The band released a 7" vinyl single of "Carpathia," with a live version of "Catholic Knees" as the B-side, on April 18 as part of Record Store Day.

[88] The music video for "Sink into Me", which had been filmed in New York with director Travis Kopach in early April,[26] premiered on May 13 on MTV.

[87] People who pre-ordered the limited version of the album received two extra songs: "Didn't See That Coming" and "Catholic Knees (26th St.

[21] To help with the first point, the label worked with Myspace to hold listening sessions aboard the band's tour bus in various cities.

[103] The Japanese edition of the album was released on December 9 through Warner Music Japan and included "Didn't See That Coming" as a bonus track.

[110] AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that, like their peers, Taking Back Sunday "gets increasingly poppy as their career winds on".

[33] Writing for Alternative Press, Scott Heisel praised the record highly, stating that it "leaps forward as the best album of Taking Back Sunday's career to date".

[60] Jason Lipshutz of Billboard said the group "branch[ed] out from its emo roots," sounding "focused" delving into "complex melodies and thematic ideas".

[111] Melodic reviewer Tom Spinelli noted that the "more straight forward ... sound" the group were going for could push them "into a more mainstream audience".

[49] Pareles noted several homages to U2: the guitar work on "New Again" and "Catholic Knees," the keyboard intro to "Where My Mouth Is," as well as Lazzara's "vocal delivery, full of Bono's breathy gulps and open-throated crescendos".

[112] Niner wrote that the group created "another solid album that cements their reputation as one of the most genuinely affecting and consistent bands in the current scene".

[127] In a retrospective piece, Scott Heisel of Alternative Press said Fazzi helped bring "jazz, off-kilter riffs" and "lush textures" to the band, while mentioning the rest of the group provided the "most aggressive songs to date in 'Lonely, Lonely' and 'Swing'.

"[126] In 2010, Lazzara answered questions on his Formspring account, commenting that New Again "was a gigantic step backwards" and that he was "not fully satisfied with what we put out".

"[129] Discussing New Again in 2016, Rubano called the period "the golden time where I was like 'oh, we're doing music, that we all really like, that we can't wait to get out' and things were going pretty good for a little while".

[13] However, when the album was released, the "critics seemed to like it, but it didn't really hit [with the public], and then when we started the touring cycle for it there was a very decisive mood turn in a band that already was insanely moody all the time".