Joyce Manor have announced a new album, Million Dollars to Kill Me, which follows the band’s solid 2016 LP, Cody, and 2014’s breakthrough, Never Hungover Again. It arrives on September 21st.
Kurt Ballou produced the album, which was recorded at the Converge frontman’s own GodCity Studio, where the band slept on bunk beds upstairs. A press release notes that vocalist Barry Johnson’s lyrics center around “love, money, doubt, confusion, and the hope that persists despite it all.”
That’s apparent in the album’s title track, which combines searching, lived-in vocals with driving guitar riffs that evoke early Weezer. “She’s the only one who could take you to a pawn shop and sell you for twice what you’re worth,” Johnson sings. “Nobody tells you it hurts to be loved.”
Hear it below.
See the album’s artwork and tracklist.
Million Dollars to Kill Me Artwork:
Million Dollars to Kill Me Tracklist:
01. Fighting Kangaroo
02. Think I’m Still In Love With You
03. Big Lie
04. I’m Not The One
05. Million Dollars To Kill Me
06. Silly Games
07. Friends We Met Online
08. Up the Punx
09. Gone Tomorrow
10. Wildflowers
Joyce Manor will also be embarking on a round of headlining tour dates this fall, with indie rockers Vundabar, Big Eyes, and Peach Kelli Pop along for the ride. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 20th, at 10 a.m. local time. See their full itinerary below.
Joyce Manor 2018-2019 Tour Dates:
10/09 – Woodstock, NY @ Colony *
10/10 – Boston, MA @ Royale *
10/11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn, NY *
10/12 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes *
10/13 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
10/14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
10/16 – Columbus, OH @ Skully’s *
10/17 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom *
10/18 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House *
10/19 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre *
10/20 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre *
10/22 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon #
10/23 – Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Center #
10/24 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s #
10/26 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall #
10/27 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In the Venue #
10/28 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux #
10/30 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret #
10/31 – Seattle, WA @ Neptune #
11/01 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom #
11/03 – San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore #
01/19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium $
* = w/ Vundabar and Big Eyes
# = w/ Vundabar and Peach Kelli Pop
$ = w/ Jeff Rosenstock and special guest
