Joyce Manor have released their new single ‘I Know Where Mark Chen Lives’

Joyce Manor have released their latest single ‘I Know Where Mark Chen Lives’.

It’s the opening track from their forthcoming album ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’, due for release via Epitaph Records on 30th January. The track is accompanied by a black and white performance video directed by Jason Link and Rowan Daly.

Frontman Barry Johnson comments on the song: “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.”