- 2026-01-07
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MUSIC
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Joyce Manor Releases New Song “I Know Where Mark Chen Lives”
American punk rock band Joyce Manor, consisting of Barry Johnson (vocals/guitar), Chase Knobbe (guitar) and Matt Ebert (bass), released the third single called “I Know Where Mark Chen Lives” from their upcoming seventh studio album “I Used To Go To This Bar” on January 6, 2026, following “Well, Whatever It Was” and “All My Friends Are So Depressed”.
The album is set to be released on January 30, 2026 via Epitaph Records and comprises 9 tracks, produced by Brett Gurewitz. It is their first album in four years, following the 2022 album “40 oz. to Fresno”.
The song is accompanied by a music video, which was directed by Jason Link and Rowan Daly.
It was written by Joyce Manor and produced by Brett Gurewitz.
The band lead singer Barry Johnson said of 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.”- He continued, “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.”
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Photo by Dan Monick - source : Apple Music
