Joyce Manor - I Used To Go To This Bar

Label

Epitaph

“Timeless yet intensely relatable.” – Los Angeles Times

“The doors are open for Joyce Manor to continue its ascent.” – Billboard

“[I Used To Go To This Bar] finds the California pop-punk rockers at the top of their game.” – Rolling Stone

“Playfully irreverent and chipper, continuing the feel-good riffs that have steadily defined their nearly 20-year-long run” – Pitchfork

“Hits with sharpshooter precision… Joyce Manor make compact, kinetic punk songs that refuse to waste even a moment.” – Paste Magazine

“The record sees [Joyce Manor] continue to uncover depths within their concise, hook-filled songwriting” – Alternative Press

“Joyce Manor’s singles from their upcoming seventh album have them embracing cowpunk and RHCP-y California rock, while still sounding like no other band in the world.” – Brooklyn Vegan

Joyce Manor share “I Used To Go To This Bar,” the infectious title track from their anticipated new album ahead of its release this Friday via Epitaph. Additionally, the band is expanding their previously announced North America tour in support of the album, adding a string of June dates with Hot Mulligan. All dates below.

Of the song Barry Johnson says “The lyrics are a nostalgic look at a really unremarkable bar you used to go to when you were broke—the simplicity of your life when you had nothing going on, nothing to lose, and nothing fucking happening. I’m really proud of the lyrics, because they tell a really ordinary story, but with details that are heartbreaking.”

I Used To Go To This Bar, which was named one of the Most Anticipated Albums of 2026 by Vulture, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, and more was produced by SoCal punk legend Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion, Epitaph Records CEO), and finds the epochal band operating at the top of their game.

The Torrance, CA trio of Barry Johnson, Chase Knobbe, and Matt Ebert continue 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 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.