Cue the constant headache — Joyce Manor is back. The SoCal pop rockers have announced their first album in three years and its title is steeped in nostalgia. I Used to Go to This Bar arrives early next year, on Jan. 30, 2026 via Epitaph Records.

The band — guitarist Barry Johnson, guitarist Chase Knobbe, and bassist Matt Ebert — tapped SoCal legend and Bad Religion co-founder Brett Gurewitz to produce the new LP. “When it comes to our musical DNA, he’s one of the architects of everything we grew up on,” Johnson said about Gurewitz in a statement. “Having him guide our record helped us make something that we could put next to those classic records that shaped us,” Johnson added.

“I always try to work fast and keep things creative and fun,” Gurewitz said in a statement. That vivacious

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