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Joyce Manor release new single, "I Know Where Mark Chen Lives"
Joyce Manor have shared "I Know Where Mark Chen Lives", the opening track to their upcoming album I Used To Go To This Bar.
Commenting on the inspiration behind the new song, vocalist 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."
I Used To Go To This Bar is due for release on 30 January via Epitaph Records.
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