

Vic Fuentes famously wrote and rewrote the vocals all over Misadventures and the singer/guitarist’s painstaking determination to squeeze absolute meaning and emotion from every syllable paid off. On album four, Pierce The Veil somehow sound as epically lavish and theatrical as Muse or Queen-but also punk as fuck. Misadventures expertly redraws PTV’s own map, celebrating their impossible blend of ambitious, creative obsessions and the electric crackle of raw intensity. The PTV faithful can breathe an excited gasp of relief, because “Dive In” could be the San Diego quartet’s best song ever, and it’s first on the album.Įvery single track is a winner.

After what felt like an eternity (but in fact was way less time than Metallica, Depeche Mode, Radiohead and other giants take between records), Misadventures arrives with both the expectation and the trepidation of any important follow-up. Pierce The Veil’s gold-selling single “King For A Day” was arguably this era’s quintessential song for the scene, the frontline assault for the monster album Collide With The Sky turned out to be.
