California-based four-piece Joyce Manor will release Songs From Northern Torrance, a 10-track compilation, this week. The compilation is a collection of early material that offers a glimpse into the band’s humble beginnings as an acoustic two-piece.
Many of the songs were recorded between 2008-2010 and have now been remastered for Songs From Northern Torrance. The compilation will be available on streaming services this Friday, May 29. It will also be released on vinyl September 18. The vinyl is available to pre-order here.
In celebration of the release, the band have shared “House Warning Party” this week. On the track, vocalist Barry Johnson shares:
“A lot of early Joyce Manor songs are actually leftovers from earlier bands, but ‘House Warning Party‘ was the first song I wrote specifically for Joyce Manor. I was working at the Long Beach Aquarium and the first line of the song came to me while I was perusing the vending machine on my break. They had some LifeSavers and on the packaging it said ‘five flavors’ and the opening line of the song just popped in my head. The rest of the lyrics came effortlessly and the song was fully written in about the time it takes to listen to. Listening to it ten years later it sounds young and inspired and I’m impressed at how much of a story I was able to tell in just over a minute.”
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