Review
Joyce Manor - Cody
This is where Joyce Manor kicks things up a notch.
Published: 9:19 am, October 07, 2016
This is where Joyce Manor kicks things up a notch.
Label: Epitaph
Released: October 7th 2016
Rating: ★★★★
This is where Joyce Manor kicks things up a notch, revelling in catchy pop punk with a distinct sincere and mature edge. Their previous material has always had the personality and fun but ‘Cody’ brings out the band's next direction.
Running at just under twenty five minutes, it’s a distinct run-through of the band's best work, though most surprising is how well ‘Do You Really Want To Not Get Better’, a slow acoustic number, creates a respite from the fast paced punk. ‘Stairs’, the longest cut, is the also one of the strongest, building the classic lost and forlorn punk mindset that carries through to the finale ‘This Song Is A Mess’. Each track has its own melodic hook, easily seeing Joyce Manor make the crossover from a “band's band” to a more mainstream focus. Steven Loftin
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Listen
It's the first track to arrive from a new EP, 'Crying in the Prettiest Places'.
Listen
Check out the intimate, acoustic track as performed at some small US radio 'thingys'.
Incoming!
Seemed as good an excuse as any to get the BRITs Critics' Choice winner on the blower to tell us more.
Watch
The second track from a forthcoming EP, 'Life Was Coming In Through The Blinds', you can check it out now.
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