And don't get me started with Floral and Fading, that's the worst of it. From the beginning track (Dive In) to the end (Song for Isabelle), this record is just 40 minutes of completely bloated, sugar-sweet, sappy emo-tinged post-hardcore that I wish I wash my brain with bleach to completely rid myself of it. There are screams, but they way they come off seem more tacky and trendy than anything emotionally despondent. With that being said, this entire record hinges on Vic's whiny and nasal vocal capabilities, unnecessarily electronic instances and production that lacks any sort of rawness that should have been there. I'm not saying that I'm some hardcore punk dude whose completely anti-establishment and a total hipster, I'm just saying that when it comes to more aggressive forms of punk rock, I want it to sound like ACTUAL punk rock, not pop. The anti-corporate, DIY, lo-fi punk aesthetic has been completely betrayed for this garbage. Pierce The Veil and many other bands in popular and contemporary post-hardcore are an insult to the genre. “You know I've never held a gun in my life.To be honest, this is the band responsible for getting me into the post-hardcore genre in the first place, but since then, my taste has To be honest, this is the band responsible for getting me into the post-hardcore genre in the first place, but since then, my taste has expanded to appeal to better bands in the genre and in retrospect, Misadventures is the most pristine, cleanly produced, Warped Tour-ready heap of garbage I've ever heard. “You know the only real way to cure pain is to add a little more.” Uh… Sure? That makes about as much sense as the random bongo drums in the middle of this track. I have no idea what the hell is going on in this song, but I’m all about it. “Hell Above” is another contender for Pierce The Veil’s most epic chorus: “'Cause this is a wasteland, my only retreat/With heaven above you, there's hell over me.” “Tell me why my little Mona Lisa told a lie, lie, lie, lie.” Yikes.Īny song with “hell” in the title should begin with a sonic artillery strike and a bloodcurdling scream. “Were you honest when you said, ‘I could never leave your bed’?” Vic Fuentes asks, his voice shaking with the appropriate level of angst for this mid-2000s post-hardcore jam. This is as creepy as PTV get.įun fact: Once upon a time, Vic performed this song (acoustically) with Jenna McDougall from Tonight Alive, and it was the best thing ever. “As you fall fast asleep, it reminds me of the slow symphonies behind me,” Vic hypnotically intones over woozy guitars and a wind-up music box. Taken from 2007’s A Flair For The Dramatic, “Chemical Kids” is the staple throwback for PTV fans. “I wanna hold your hand so tight, I'm gonna break my wrist.” It’s nice to see a band’s softer side for a change, and that’s exactly what PTV give us on “Bulletproof Love.” It’s a cheery, melodic departure from the their normal dose of apocalyptic shredding. Delightfully, the band also crank up the Mexicore-conjuring images of bull fights and old Spanish guitars. That opening riff though! On “Bulls In The Bronx,” PTV crackle with kinetic energy as Vic Fuentes spits fire in what is easily the band’s most anthemic chorus (“Maybe we’re just having too much fun”). “Sunshine, there ain't a thing that you can do that's gonna ruin my night,” Vic Fuentes shrieks, before guest screamer Jeremy McKinnon has a complete mental breakdown-“ WHAT IF I CAN’T FORGET YOU!?” It’s a good time, seriously. The music video paints a chaotic picture of a band on the road, tormented by their jealous girlfriends back home. “Caraphernelia” was easily PTV’s biggest song before they hit it big with Collide With The Sky. “The thought of you is no fucking fun,” Quinn stings. The addition of Sleeping With Sirens frontman Kellin Quinn brings the song’s arsenal to DEFCON 1. What’s not to love about this monster of a song? “ Yeah!” Vic Fuentes screams like maniac, before the band dive into down-tune chaos (thanks, Jaime), menacing riffage and even more screeching from Fuentes. In 2015, they’re one of the biggest bands in our scene, with a unique sound that is truly their own-part pop, part hardcore, part “Mexicore.” Their recent AP cover got us thinking, just which PTV tracks are our favorites? It’s time to pay tribute to the band’s top 10 songs (in no particular order), spanning three albums- A Flare For The Dramatic (2007), Selfish Machines (2010) and Collide With The Sky (2012). Pierce The Veil have come a long way from their early days when the Fuentes brothers were just playing skate-punk in Before Today.
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