Lyrically, it closes the book on a topic I’ve been singing about for the last three records. The first thing he said was, ‘I want whatever your drummer is taking because I need some energy!’ He loved how fast it was. I actually had an interview with John Oates of Hall and Oates. With my brother Mike playing drums, he owns those types of beats. We love all of the Fat Wreck Chords artists, NOFX, Lagwagon, and the bands we cut our teeth on when we were in high school.
“That’s a purely self-indulgent song for us because it’s really fast and that’s what we grew up listening to. I don’t want to be around that, and it really brings me down.” They don’t even want to go on stage every night. We’ve toured with people who seem to have lost it and just do it for money. I never want to lose this honesty and passion for what we’re doing. The bridge of the song where I say, ‘Kill me if I end up like you,’ ties it all together. When people try to belittle that vibe or taint that beautiful thing about music, it brings a lot of anger and frustration. We’re the kind of the band who try to keep everything very grassroots between our families and friends.
You unfortunately see the realities of how it all works. Being on tour or even just being in the music industry can bring a lot of frustrations. If you wanted to introduce somebody to Pierce The Veil, you could play them that song, and they’d get it. We felt that it had no other place on the record other than at the very beginning, because it was a good example of who we are. “This was the last song that we finished.
Vic Fuentes of Pierce The Veil explains in depth what each song on their new record, Misadventures means and the message behind the lyrics.