Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired

Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
Studio album by Joyce Manor
Released	April 14, 2012
Genre	Indie rock punk rock lo-fi folk punk
Length	13:04
Label	Asian Man Records, Big Scary Monsters
Producer	Joyce Manor Jack Shirley Alex Estrada
Joyce Manor chronology
Joyce Manor (2011) Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired (2012) Never Hungover Again (2014)
Singles from Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired
"Violent Inside" Released: February 23rd, 2012

Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired is the second studio album by American pop punk band Joyce Manor released on April 14, 2012 through Asian Man Records. During recording, frontman Barry Johnson was focused on pushing beyond the band's pop-punk roots, deliberately leaning into more esoteric and unconventional influences in an effort to prove their credibility. Musically, the album incorporates lo-fi and folk-punk elements, marking a distinct stylistic shift from their previous record. It also includes a cover of the Buggles’ 1979 single "Video Killed the Radio Star".

Background

Artwork

The album artwork was originally planned under the working title Father's Rights and was to feature an illustrated cover depicting a stoned hippie. Both the name and artwork were later abandoned after receiving an muted response from friends. The final album title was instead drawn from a line in the lyrics, which frontman Barry Johnson cited as thematically resonant with the material on the record.

The final cover design adopted a minimalist approach, featuring enlarged, irregular typography on a pink background, developed in collaboration with designer Scott Arnold. The inclusion of a blue letter "O" has been noted as resembling the Germs’ GI logo; Johnson later acknowledged the similarity as an unintentional homage. ^[1]

Composition

"I was just really, really aware that people were gonna be listening to it… I was really concerned with being cool and being like accepted by the cool kids, and I really wanted to prove that we’re like not just a pop punk band, so I was really leaning into the more esoteric and weird shit and trying to rep like Wire, or Young Marble Giants, like, ‘I have a cool record collection, I swear to god!'"

—Barry Johnson, in an interview with BrooklynVegan ^[2]

The album was notably diverse from their previous self-titled album Joyce Manor (2011), with it incorporating lo-fi and folk punk. Barry Johnson, frontman of Joyce Manor, called the album "a pain to make," noting it was made to differentiate themselves from other pop-punk bands. "We didn’t want to be a Warped Tour band," said Johnson. ^[3] Johnson admitted that this was rather an absurd decision, stating, "That’s what I was worried about? Cred? Something I’m not doing making me cool? Get some real problems." ^[3] It is the only album in Joyce Manor's catalogue where the lo-fi sound is present, where it turn back to a sound more like their self-titled album with Never Hungover Again (2014). The album also contains a cover of The Buggles' 1979 single "Video Killed the Radio Star". ^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Absolute Punk	92% [5]
AllMusic	[6]
Alter the Press!	[7]
Punknews.org	[8]

The album generally received a positive reception from reviewers. AllMusic's Tim Sendra jokingly called it "sounds a bit like how Weezer might have turned out if they had a recording budget of about ten dollars and never left their parents' basement," but said the album was "all glory, no boredom" and songs like Video Killed The Radio Star was "delivering exactly the right amount of emotional jolt". ^[6] It, however, saw a mixed reception from the fanbase due to the experimental sound. ^[9]

Track listing

All music is composed by Joyce Manor except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"These Kind Of Ice Skates"	1:19
2.	"Comfortable Clothes"	1:04
3.	"See How Tame I Can Be!"	1:29
4.	"Drainage"	1:11
5.	"Video Killed The Radio Star" (Geoff Downes, Trevor Horn, Bruce Woolley)	2:16
6.	"If I Needed You There"	1:07
7.	"Bride Of Usher"	2:19
8.	"Violent Inside"	1:30
9.	"I'm Always Tired"	0:49
Total length:		13:04

Personnel

Joyce Manor

• Barry Johnson – vocals, guitar
• Chase Knobbe – guitar
• Matt Ebert – bass, backing vocals
• Kurt Walcher – drums

Additional personnel

• Joyce Manor – production
• Jack Shirley – production, recording, engineering
• Alex Estrada – production

References

1. "How Joyce Manor mastered the art of the "buddy" album cover". Paste Magazine. January 23, 2026. Retrieved January 24, 2026.
2. Sacher, Andrew (June 8, 2022). "How a 'Never Hungover Again' outtake and a text about Sublime led to Joyce Manor's new LP". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
3. Cohen, Ian (June 3, 2022). "Joyce Manor Dive Into Their Fountain Of Youth On '40 Oz. To Fresno'". UPROXX. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
4. Ableson, Jon (August 20, 2009). "ATP! Track By Track Exclusive: Joyce Manor - "Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired"". Alter The Press!. Retrieved October 12, 2013.
5. Solomon, Blake. "Joyce Manor - Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired". absolutepunk.net. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
6. Sendra, Tim. "Joyce Manor Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired". allmusic.com. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
7. Ableson, Jon. "Album Review: Joyce Manor - Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired". alterthepress.com. Retrieved April 25, 2012.
8. RENALDO69. "Joyce Manor Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired". punknews.org. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
9. "This Is Post-Growing Up: Joyce Manor's Story Gets Boring So Their Songs and Crowds Don't Have To". Billboard. September 21, 2018. Retrieved June 10, 2022.