• Joyce Manor - I Used to Go to This Bar :: OndaRock review | OndaRock
After a four-year silence, Joyce Manor's fast, straightforward power pop is back

• Joyce Manor - I Used To Go To This Bar | Dork | Feb. 12, 2026, 3:35 p.m.
Few bands are quite so skilled at telling such wonderful stories in less than two minutes.

• You Think About It Way Too Hard: A Joyce Manor Album Ranking List | iancohen.substack.com
How can we misremember such sad, horrible times?

• Joyce Manor return with hard hitting album ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’ | THE INDIE SCENE
After four years away, the South Bay trio return with a refined evolution of their signature sound. ★★★★½

• ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’: Another Joyce Manor sensation | The Signal
Joyce Manor newest album release review

• Joyce Manor 'I Used To Go To This Bar' Review: Nostalgic Heartbreak ★★★☆☆ | Brig Newspaper | Feb. 9, 2026, 6:32 p.m.
I Used To Go To This Bar is Joyce Manor's seventh album, and it's their best in over a decade.

• Joyce Manor - I Used To Go To This Bar | Northern Transmissions | Jan. 30, 2026, 11:03 a.m.
I Used To Go To This Bar by Joyce Manor album review by Blake Correll for Northern Transmissions. The LP drops on January 30 via Epitaph

• The Study Break: “I Used To Go To This Bar” - The Scribe | The Scribe - UCCS student newspaper. | Feb. 6, 2026, 11:21 p.m.
If you’re an alternative, pop-punk or indie rock lover looking for procrastination material that isn’t just scrolling on your phone, the Jan. 30 release of “I Used To Go To This Bar” by Joyce Manor should hit the spot. This bitesize, album is shorter than my commute to campus, with a 19-minute runtime characteristic of the band’s previous releases. It left me wanting a bit more punk than pop, but I still enjoyed the slight genre jumping in their sound! “I Know

• Joyce Manor On Their New Record, 'A Distillation Of Who We Are' | Blunt Magazine | Feb. 6, 2026, 6:09 a.m.
Joyce Manor reflect on their new album ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’, breaking down its dark turns, creative pressure, and why it feels like a true distillation of who they are.

• How Joyce Manor mastered the art of the “buddy” album cover | Paste
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• Joyce Manor’s ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’ grows indie-rock from pop-punk roots | The Tulane Hullabaloo | Feb. 5, 2026, 2:33 a.m.
Pop-punk strongholds Joyce Manor started the year off right with the release of their seventh studio album, “I Used To Go To This Bar.” 

• Joyce Manor Makes The Greatest 19-Minute Albums Of All Time | UPROXX | Feb. 3, 2026, 2:33 p.m.
The long-running pop-punk band excels in one specific area.

• Joyce Manor Talk Bars and Candy Bars | PopMatters | Feb. 3, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
Pop-punk's Joyce Manor have a new album that's a fresh take on their patented sound. "Bands in our scene can have songs from a decade ago blow up on TikTok."

• Recommended Album: Joyce Manor – ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’ | +rcmndedlisten /// New Music Highlights In Alternative Sounds | Feb. 3, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
The Torrance pop-punk trio can’t quite escape the hands of time in the physical sense, but there’s no signs of aging in their sound on their seventh album.

• Joyce Manor - I Used To Go To This Bar | Reviews | Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews | Clash Magazine | Feb. 3, 2026, 10:55 a.m.
Recent generations of punk and emo bands have aged in surprisingly interesting fashion. While stadium fillers like Green Day and Blink-182 have never

• Joyce Manor: I Used to Go to This Bar | Spectrum Culture | Feb. 3, 2026, 6:04 a.m.
In a scant 19 minutes, I Used to Go to This Bar taps into the allure and the danger of living in the past, as well as the runaway joy and fear of living in the present.

• Joyce Manor’s ‘I Used To Go To This Bar’ kind of rocks | Daily Trojan | Feb. 2, 2026, 8 a.m.
The veteran punk rockers' new album still packs all the punch of angsty teens.

• ‘I Used to Go to This Bar’ is Trapped In The Present | www.34st.com
Unable to stick to its roots or build a new sound, Joyce Manor’s latest album is painfully mediocre. Nishanth Bhargava reviews the band's identity crisis—where half–formed experimentation loses its youth in a sonic limbo. 

• Joyce Manor, 'I Used To Go To This Bar' Album Review | Paste
With occasional pop detours, the Barry Johnson-led band from Torrance continues its everlasting journey to punk maturity.