Joyce Manor is an American punk rock band, formed in Torrance, California, in 2008. The band's current lineup consists of singer-songwriter and guitarist Barry Johnson; guitarist Chase Knobbe; and bassist/backing vocalist Matt Ebert. The band's musical style is rooted in punk rock, though it has diversified over the course of its career.
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"I'm really fascinated by this band because I think they only made three records and it's a husband and wife duo. From what I understand, they've never stopped writing, but they just haven't released anything in like 30 years. And I love this record. It's so good."Watch this moment
"Ah, Sophie. Sophie so good. I think the PC music stuff was just like really fascinating to me and just so catchy and exciting and fresh. But yeah this Sophie record rules happy to have it."Watch this moment
"It's just really good kind of like sentimental electronic pop music and it's really good stuff. I love Only You."Watch this moment
"I think is the best hum record. It was amazing to me that they just surprise released a record on I think Band Camp in like 2020. It's their first record in 22 years and it's just so fantastic."Watch this moment
"I just love this record. I think this is an absolute pop punk classic. Shout out Tiger's Jaw."Watch this moment
"Machine Gun Etiquette by The Damned, I kind of really got into this record only recently. I think a lot of the guitar stuff on it is really cool. Really cool songwriting."Watch this moment
"I just think her voice is incredible. Her songwriting is great. Kind of like one of the best folk duos of all time."Watch this moment
"Our friend John in Boston recommended that record to us a really long time ago and it's kind of become one of my favorite replacements, you know, adjacent projects ever. Kind of loose rock and roll, almost like Rolling Stonesy."Watch this moment
"I'm not a huge live record guy, but this is the best live album of all time. He was just so charismatic. The energy in the room is unreal. It's like what a party sounds like if you stuck a mic in the middle of it."Watch this moment
"Share What Ya Got. This record is killer."Watch this moment
"These songs of freedom. It's a really good record, but particularly the song Coma Girl... I think it's like just such a beautiful song and the first time I heard it when I was like um probably like middle school or something, it just like really stuck with me."Watch this moment
"It's got like elements of black metal, DB, a little bit of folk, a little bit of shoegaze. There's a couple guitar solos throughout that just are like beautiful."Watch this moment
"I love this record. I've loved this record since I was in middle school. I had a gigantic Britney Spears poster on my wall that I wish I still had."Watch this moment
"Next one I got is Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Belong. It's kind of like a little bit of a departure for them. It's like kind of especially the first song is really kind of heavy production. It's produced by Flood and mixed by Alan Moulder. So it's just got like a really punchy, huge sounding album. Really cool guitar stuff. Really awesome lyrics and yeah, really fun record to listen to."Watch this moment
"Rev by Alvvays, which I think now it's been out for probably 3 years, but to me it's just like one of those instant classics. The second I heard it, I was like, 'Yeah, that's going to be in my rotation forever.' It's such a fantastic record."Watch this moment
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