Ahead of their spring tour, Joyce Manor has revealed a new track and music video for “I Know Where Mark Chen Lives,” from their forthcoming record, I Used To Go To This Bar, due out on January 30 via Epitaph Records.
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Barry Johnson says of the track, “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.”
Beginning in March, you can catch Joyce Manor on tour with Militarie Gun, Teen Mortgage, and Combat. Check out the full run below and grab your tickets here.
Tour Dates:
- March 9—Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
- March 11—Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
- March 12—Houston, TX @ House of Blues
- March 13—Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
- March 14—New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
- March 16—Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
- March 17—Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre
- March 18—North Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues
- March 20—Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall
- March 21—Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues
- March 22—Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
- March 24—Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount
- March 25—Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall at Babeville
- March 26—Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall
- March 27—Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre
- March 28—Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed
- April 10—Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
- April 17—Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
- April 26—Madison, WI @ The Sylvee
- April 27—Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
- April 30—Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
- May 1—St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall
- May 2—Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall
- May 4—Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium
- May 5—Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
- May 7—Great Falls, MT @ The Newberry
- May 8—Calgary, AB @ The Palace Theatre
- May 9—Edmonton, AB @ Midway Music Hall
- May 11—Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
- May 12—Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
- May 13—Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
- May 15—San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
