Chosen by Monk
The SoCal emo-punk trio seek to lift the depression from which all their friends have been suffering as they return with their first new music in three years:
The first line I came up with for this song was “lord above in a Tecate truck” after passing a Tecate delivery truck with Jesus shit all over it on the freeway driving back to Long Beach after a show in Fresno, vocalist/guitarist Barry Johnson explains.
While searching for a line that rhymed, I came up with “why even exist? Who gives a fuck!?” and the concept of ‘All My Friends Are So Depressed’ was born.
It’s kind of my take on what I imagine Lana Del Rey lyrics are like. Instead of icy, detached cool 50’s Americana, it’s all dirty shag carpet, bong rips, ‘Peter Frampton Comes Alive’, key lime pie and suicidal ideations. My flow was inspired by 100 Gecs who I was listening to a concerning amount in 2023 (much respect to Dylan and Laura, please take us on tour). Musically, we were drawing from The Libertines, Tiger Army, X and The Smiths… obviously.
Joyce Manor – Barry Johnson, Matt Ebert and Chase Knobbe – tour in October, with dates in Haarlem, London and Leeds as part of the ‘Common Thread‘ tour, and in Bristol and Glasgow with Tiger’s Jaw, Oso Oso and Ways Away.