How South Bay's contradictions shaped Joyce Manor's enduring pop-punk sound
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How South Bay's contradictions shaped Joyce Manor's enduring pop-punk sound
"It doesn't have that much meaning to me,"
"It's my whole identity, my life, but it's just two words, you know? I've never been inside."
"I Used to Go to This Bar,"
Joyce Manor took its name from a midcentury condominium off Alamitos Avenue in Long Beach and remains linked to Southern California punk identity. The band has persisted for nearly two decades, earning critical acclaim including 2014's Never Hungover Again on Pitchfork's best-of-the-2010s list. Recent visibility includes tours with Weezer, the song "Constant Headache" featured on The Bear, and sold-out shows such as the Hollywood Palladium with Mark Hoppus joining onstage. The band prepares to release its seventh album, I Used to Go to This Bar, on Epitaph with Brett Gurewitz producing. Fans make pilgrimages to the namesake condo despite limited personal attachment from the frontman.
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