Joyce Manor Makes The Greatest 19-Minute Albums Of All Time – UPROXX

When it comes to recognizing forms of musical greatness, there are titles so broad and grandiose that it seems impossible to bestow them on any single entity. (“The biggest band in the world,” “the king of rock ‘n’ roll,” etc.) At the opposite extreme, there are distinctions so specific they hardly seem notable. I am about to discuss an example of the latter, while also making a case for this particular distinction being especially notable. It concerns the southern California punk band Joyce Manor and how they have made two of the greatest 19-minute albums of all time. First, some pertinent context: Joyce Manor makes short albums. Hardcore fans will mention this within the first minute of explaining their interest in the band, and casual followers will bring it up in the first three seconds. It is the most well-known fact about them. In 2016, they put out an album called Cody that was precisely 24 minutes and 30 seconds, and that is their longest record to date. It’s like Joyce Manor’s Sandinista!, and it’s shorter than a typical episode of The Daily podcast. Joyce Manor’s commitment to putting out LPs that are typically classified as EPs by most “normal”
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