Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired

Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired is the second studio album by American punk rock band Joyce Manor released on April 14, 2012.

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	Jack Shirley
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

The artwork for Of All Things I Will Soon Grow Tired was inspired by GI and What We Do Is Secret by the Germs.

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^[1]

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.^[2] 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."^[2] 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".^[3]

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

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Absolute Punk	92%[4]
AllMusic	[5]
Alter the Press!	[6]
Punknews.org	[7]

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".^[5] It, however, saw a mixed reception from the fanbase due to the experimental sound.^[8]

Personnel

Joyce Manor

• Barry Johnson - vocals/guitar
• Matt Ebert - bass/vocals
• Chase Knobbe - guitar
• Kurt Walcher - drums