IN REVIEW: Joyce Manor - "Cody"

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Coming in at just under 25 minutes, Joyce Manor's fourth album is epic in scale compared to their previous LPs (in fact, you can listen to the other 43 songs in their discography in about 73 minutes). It's also easily their most accessible record, housing some of their finest attempts at punk-inspired power pop to date. There's a lot of growth on display, a sense of maturity that will inspire more thought than stage diving (which they've taken a stand against, a bold move in the punk community they come from). While it doesn't offer much in the way of advice for the struggling young adults in its songs (like the underaged Kanye West loving protagonist of Fake I.D., the would-be lovers of Last You Heard of Me and the 26-year old still living with his parents of Stairs), Cody does offer a modicum of solace in that, as the cast of characters illustrate, not many of us have it all figured out anyway.

October 7, 2016 • Epitaph
Highlights Fake I.D. • Eighteen • Last You Heard of Me

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