{"id":7714,"date":"2014-08-28T09:29:57","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T13:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/home\/?p=7714"},"modified":"2014-09-03T18:37:56","modified_gmt":"2014-09-03T22:37:56","slug":"pop-punk-fans-re-joyce-at-new-enigmatic-album-from-joyce-manor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/pop-punk-fans-re-joyce-at-new-enigmatic-album-from-joyce-manor\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop-Punk Fans Re-‘Joyce’ at New Enigmatic Album from Joyce Manor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In their latest album, Never Hungover Again<\/em>, alternative pop-punk band Joyce Manor sticks true to the simplicity and rhythm that have leveled them with artists like Weezer since the release of their self-titled full-length album in 2011.<\/p>\n

Teeming with emotion, this record is deep enough for listeners to dive into. The second track, and the album\u2019s most popular single according to Spotify, \u201cFalling in Love Again,\u201d is truly adorable with a vague, shy melody and poignant atmospheric guitar. \u201cCatalina Fight Song,\u201d another album standout, is short and angry as frontman Barry Johnson stamps out heavily charged lyrics and free-wheeling instrumentals in just over one minute. \u201cIn the Army Now\u201d deals with repressed grief and disappointment that manifests as extreme anger and cutting sarcasm. \u201cVictoria\u201d is heady and inspiring as Johnson screams the name of a former lover, although the lyrics express anything but positivity.<\/p>\n

Indeed, the boys have a real talent for channeling hatred into song lyrics; one of Never Hungover Again<\/em>\u2019s best qualities is whimsy arising from sardonic, apathetic phrases like, \u201cyou could be your own dad,\u201d from \u201cEnd of the Summer.\u201d Other tracks, like \u201cHeated Swimming Pool\u201d and \u201cSchley,\u201d reveal Johnson\u2019s emotions with uncaring honesty. The former bitterly reminisces about one whom Johnson says: \u201cI wish you would\u2019ve died in high school.\u201d The latter is less vindictive and more muted, speaking about a person whose name \u201csounds better when you\u2019re high on marijuana.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHeart Tattoo\u201d is one of the album\u2019s defining tracks and solidifies Joyce Manor\u2019s presence in the pop-punk genre \u2013 as if their angsty lyrics and head-banging rhythms weren\u2019t enough. This track is cymbal-heavy with the added benefit of call-and-response background vocals to bring more depth to the surface tunes.<\/p>\n

Overall, Never Hungover Again<\/em> doesn\u2019t represent much deviation in style from Joyce Manor\u2019s earlier albums, although it\u2019s slower-paced and less experimental than 2012 album Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired<\/em>. The chicly rudimentary melodies, extraordinarily short songs, and Johnson\u2019s simultaneously distant and warm vocals make this melancholy rock music enticing and wonderful.<\/p>\n

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Candace Carter is an associate editor with Gadfly Online and really loves her job. She just finished her first year at the University of Virginia writing for the Cavalier Daily and supporting the mentally ill in UVA’s chapter of To Write Love on Her Arms. She’s a very strict cat person; a novel she recommends is The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In their latest album, Never Hungover Again, alternative pop-punk band Joyce Manor sticks true to the simplicity and rhythm that have leveled them with artists like Weezer since the release of their self-titled full-length album in 2011. Teeming with emotion, this record is deep enough for listeners to dive into. <\/p>\n

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