California emo veterans Joyce Manor have released “I Know Where Mark Chen Lives”, the opening track and new single from their new album, I Used To Go To This Bar, out January 30th via Epitaph Records.

Listen below:

Of the song, frontman Barry Johnson says,

“Mark Chen was a singer and songwriter for the bands Summer Vacation and Winter Break, which didn't get quite as popular as they deserved to. I just love Mark's songwriting and voice. Lyrically, the song was inspired by Chase and I hanging out, drinking and smoking weed and laughing about stuff, and we were talking about how when weed clubs first started, they’d give you a free dab and the budtender would do a dab with you. Dabs are insanely gnarly. I was cracking myself up imagining some 19-year-old girl that just did her third dab of the hour before getting robbed at gunpoint, because they’d always get robbed as cash businesses. That's the imagery of the song: Those early days when weed was still not super fully legal. It was like the Wild West, a little bit. And yeah, that just gave me a chuckle because it's really dark and brutal.”

Joyce Manor will be supporting the release of I Used To Go To This Bar with a full US tour this spring with support from Militarie Gun, Teen Mortgage & Combat. See the full list of dates below.

Joyce Manor Tour Dates:

03/09 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren ^
03/11 Austin, TX @ Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater ^
03/12 Houston, TX @ House of Blues Houston ^
03/13 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Dallas ^
03/14 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues New Orleans ^
03/16 Orlando, FL @ House of Blues Orlando ^
03/17 Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre ^
03/18 N. Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues Myrtle Beach ^
03/20 Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall ^
03/21 Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues Boston ^
03/22 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia ^
03/24 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount ^
03/25 Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall ^
03/26 Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall ^
03/27 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre ^
03/28 Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed ^
04/10 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music Arts Festival
04/17 Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music Arts Festival
04/26 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee ^
04/27 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater ^
04/30 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's ^
05/01 St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall ^
05/02 Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall ^
05/04 Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium ^
05/05 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot ^
05/07 Great Falls, MT @ The Newberry ^
05/08 Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre ^
05/09 Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall ^
05/11 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom ^
05/12 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox ^
05/13 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater ^
05/15 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore ^

^ with Militarie Gun, Teen Mortgage & Combat

I Used To Go To This Bar tracklist

1. I Know Where Mark Chen Lives
2. Falling Into It
3. All My Friends Are So Depressed
4. Well, Whatever It Was
5. I Used To Go To This Bar
6. After All You Put Me Through
7. The Opossum
8. Well, Don’t It Seem Like You’ve Been Here Before?
9. Grey Guitar

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