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 position 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. Catch them live at Coachella 2026.
01. I KNOW WHERE MARK CHEN LIVES 02. FALLEN INTO IT 03. ALL MY FRIENDS ARE SO DEPRESSED 04. WELL, WHATEVER IT WAS 05. I USED TO GO TO THIS BAR 06. AFTER ALL YOU PUT ME THROUGH 07. THE OPSOSSUM 08. WELL, DON’T IT SEEM LIKE YOU’VE BEEN HERE BEFORE? 09. GREY GUITAR
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