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Nov 1, 2016Never Hungover Again is their peak thus far, but Cody, points to future avenues that Joyce Manor can go down as it charts Barry Johnson’s continued development as a lyricist and songwriter.
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Oct 12, 2016They’ve become better musicians, better songwriters and better at expressing life’s frustrations without jeopardizing too much of what made them so cherished in the beginning.
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Oct 12, 2016[Producer Rob Schnapf has] recentered the band’s urgency from its head-rush musical intensity to Mr. Johnson’s voice, which is clearer and more melodically driven than before. The songs have more structure, too.
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Oct 12, 2016Cody finds a more grown-up Joyce Manor, but every track contains enough blunt expressions of existential despair to tie them to their angsty past.
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Oct 11, 2016They’ve always been impressively consistent while refusing to settle for anything less than greatness and Cody is just another example of this.
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Oct 11, 2016At times, it’s painful, and others, it’s cathartic. The fun, party-filled days of Never Hungover Again may be over, but by the end of Cody, Joyce Manor reminds us that it’s ok to get older.
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Alternative PressOct 10, 2016Joyce Manor successfully break through the quintessential sound of both pop and punk to beautifully curate a 10-track album that is a little weird, unabashedly intimate and all too relatable. [Nov 2016, p.90]
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Oct 7, 2016Cody shows the band hasn’t run out of good ideas, even when its subjects still seem to have no idea what they’re doing.
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Oct 7, 2016Four full-lengths in, this is the most comprehensive full-length Joyce Manor have ever released.
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Kerrang!Oct 6, 2016It's initially odd that the songs lack the immediacy the band are known for, but once the new-found intricacies reveal themselves and the lengthier structures click, the pay-off is huge. [8 Oct 2016, p.52]
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Oct 6, 2016Cody is undoubtedly Joyce Manor's strongest effort to date, the apparent result of meticulous revision that has tightened up their sound on all fronts.
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Oct 6, 2016A brief but superb collection, this cements them as one of the most compelling acts in their genre.
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Oct 6, 2016While he played the easygoing, likeable mope that rattled through life on Never Hungover Again, Cody is more daring and complex document, bled through with cynicism and exhaustion.
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Oct 6, 2016The transitional record nails the discomfort of feeling out of place or unsure of yourself. Imperfect but impassioned, Joyce Manor astutely capture uncertainty and anxiety throughout Cody.
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Positive: 14 out of 19
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Mixed: 3 out of 19
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Negative: 2 out of 19
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Jul 13, 2018This is my favorite Joyce Manor album. You can fight me on that or we could crack open a few cold ones and listen to some Joyce.
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Oct 16, 2016