Joyce Manor - I Used To Go To This Bar

Joyce Manor are California pop-punk legends and I Used To Go To This Bar is
this epochal band operating at the top of their game

They continue to deliver relentlessly satisfying rock music in a manner that makes it
look simply effortless. The Torrance, California-hailing trio of Barry Johnson, Chase
Knobbe, and Matt Ebert are at a point in their career where their posi tion as one of the
most beloved rock bands is a foregone conclusion.
Their seventh album finds the group continuing to find rich new veins to tap in their
short- and sweet songcraft without losing an ounce of bite that gained them such
repute in the first place. I Used To Go To This Bar further situates Joyce Manor in the
rich lineage of their influences and inspirations. Think AFI's rapid-fire burn, Weezer's
indelible power-pop acumen, and the dusky emotionalism of The Smiths while further
establishing them as leading lights in the current rock landscape.
The fresh burst of inspiration that fuels I Used To Go To This Bar proves that Joyce
Manor are far from content to rest on such laurels, moving forward with their sound
and style in a way that reminds you of how they got to this point in the first place.