I think ever since I moved to SF i've asked every single person I've come across, "Do you listen to Joyce Manor?". I hardly ever get a yes, usually just a "No" or "Ummm just a couple songs" & that is very unfortunate. Joyce Manor is probably my favorite band, & that says a lot because for the longest time ever my favorite band remained to be Death Cab for Cutie. Now, I still love DCFC & they've been my favorite since about seventh grade, but yeah I think Joyce definitely tops them. I first listened to Joyce when I met my friend, Arantxa. She would always blast Joyce while we'd drive around, but for some reason I never really got that into them because to be quite honest I just used to listen to whatever was on my pandora station. I liked to listen to them in the car with her & my friends & I even memorized some of the lyrics, but not like it is now. Once I moved out & I felt like I needed to be reconnected to my friends & senior year memories, I'd blast Joyce. The first couple of weeks of school that's all I'd pretty much listen to & it was great. I actually got to listen to the lyrics and laugh and jam out. I WAS IN LOVE!! It was great to tell my friend Arantxa that I was soooo in love with them!!! In October they had a show here in San Francisco, but I didn't want to go for two main reasons.
1) I had nobody to go with because my friends weren't really all that into them.
2) I wanted to experience Joyce with the people who first introduced them to me, because JM connected me with them & it meant a lot that I saw them for the first time with people who also loved them as much as I did.
I was bummed that I missed out, but then comes Thursday. This past thursday (1/14/16), my friend Arantxa bought me a ticket to go see Barry Johnson! It was a solo acoustic show, but I was still excited because he tweeted that he was only going to sing JM songs & some covers, "none of that solo shit" so it was still going to be great. We got there & Frances Quinlan, from Hop Along, was first & she has such a beautiful voice, but of course we got stuck behind a tall guy. We were just waiting for Barry to come to try to get to the front. We managed to find a spot in the middle when Barry started playing & IT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL WHEN HE STARTED SINGING. He sounded exactly like he does on his records. He started of with "Derailed" which is honestly one of my favorites. After a couple songs, he brought out two of the members of Joyce Manor!!!!!! It turned into an impromptu JM show!! I got into the mosh pit, broke my glasses, & screamed out to all my favorite songs. It was definitely a night to remember. Not only this, but I FUCKING MET BARRY!! & he signed my poster!
LOOK AT HOW FUCKING ADORABLE WE LOOK!!!! I want to marry him. Anyways, If y'all haven't listened to them, CHECK THEM OUT!!! It really meant a lot that I could go with my friend, & soon enough we will be getting heart tattoos to represent our love for JM & also because "Heart Tattoo" is a fucking fantastic song. I'm still so over the moon & I can't wait to see them again.
Hope you enjoyed my ode to Joyce Manor, lol :)
-Jess
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