3) Aside from music, what hobbies are you passionate about?
Literally nothing. Uh, I recently got an NES classic, and I’m trying to beat Super Mario Brothers, the original one, Super Mario 1, and it’s fuckin’ insanely hard, never beat it in my life. So, that’s my hobby. Yeah, I don’t have any hobbies outside music. That’s the only thing I do.
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4) What’s the worst experience you’ve had on tour?
I got strep throat in Australia and Matt [Eber, bass] had to sing for the set, Matt and Chase [Knobbe, guitar] sang the songs. That was bad. Super awkward and super weird. I played guitar with strep throat. I had a 103-degree fever and my throat was swollen shut. I had to take antibiotics and we had a day off and then the next show I could kinda play and I sang again.
5) Does being from Torrance, California, inform Joyce Manor’s music?
Yes. Torrance is weirdly haunted. There is a feeling and an electricity there that is just unique to Torrance. I didn’t think it was until I travelled a lot for this job, and there’s something about it that is off and odd, and I think that my goal as a songwriter is to make songs that feel like that. It’s challenging because it’s such a hard feeling to put into words. I think if you’re from the South Bay or from Torrance, people know exactly what I’m talking about and they can sometimes be like, ‘Joyce Manor does feel like that or sound like that.’ And that’s the best compliment anyone could ever pay me.