The heart of San Diego emo-inflected post-hardcore outfit Pierce the Veil lies in two brothers, vocalist/guitarist Victor Fuentes and drummer Mike Fuentes, who first started playing together as the band Before Today while students in high school. The two formed the group in December of 1998 and it was soon turned into a quintet by guitarist Joe Tancil and bassist Mitchell Ballatore. Before Today played as a unit for several years, and after signing to Equal Vision Records, released the album “A Celebration of an Ending” in September 2004. But Tancil and Ballatore quit the band, leaving Victor and Mike to start over and rebuild. In the fall of 2006, they switched their name to Pierce the Veil, which was the name of a track on the previous Before Today album, and brought on board bassist Jaime Preciado and guitarist Tony Perry. The brothers wrote Pierce the Veil's debut album, “A Flair for the Dramatic” on 2007.The fall was then spent on opening dates for rockers “From First to Last.” A second album, “Selfish Machines, arrived on the label in 2010 before the band parted ways with Equal Vision, eventually signing with Fearless Records the following year. Their third album, Collide with the Sky, appeared on their new label in 2012.
For a long time, fans have been waiting for their comeback and finally! The guys are back with their amazing guitar riffs and Vic’s majestic voice.
On May 13 Pierce the Veil released their latest studio album, Misadventures, via Fearless Records.
“I’d like to tell you that everything went as planned, but it didn’t,” says a voice in their album trailer offering a few more insights into the creation of the album and why it’s titled Misadventures.
For Misadventures, Pierce the Veil reunited with producer Dan Korneff, who also co-produced the band’s album “Collide.” The album was recorded in Korneff’s studio on Long Island in multiple sessions between the summer of 2014 and the summer of 2015. “It was exciting to do another record with Dan,” said vocalist Vic Fuentes.
Fuentes revealed that he visited New York, San Diego, Los Angeles, the Southern California mountain resort Big Bear, Santa Barbara and Seattle, pulling inspiration for the writing. “I wanted every song to have real meaning, and thought that in spending time in different places, I’d find new inspirations – that’s exactly what happened,” says the singer.
Pierce the Veil, Misadventures Track List:
1. “Dive In”
2. “Texas Is Forever”
3. “The Divine Zero”
4. “Floral & Fading”
5. “Phantom Power and Ludicrous Speed”
6. “Circles”
7. “Today I Saw the Whole World”
8. “Gold Medal Ribbon”
9. “Bedless”
10. “Sambuka”
11. “Song for Isabelle”
Listen to these tracks on repeat and get a different kind of piercing in your hearts, the kind of sharp but gentle these guys always do to their listeners.
