‘Gold Medal Ribbon’ is a ballad that meanders without really going anywhere, while ‘Phantom Power And Ludicrous Speed’ is overshadowed by the quality of the songs around it. ‘Circles’ injects more than a hint of pop into proceedings, while ‘Floral & Fading’ sounds like an ’80s ballad has been given the Pierce The Veil treatment (yeah, really), and its sublime. In fact, this album shines brightest when the band do try something new. ‘Bedless’ is a pop-rock opera that needs to be heard to be believed – sweeping between big, pompous flourishes and reflective instrumentals while Vic croons along to one of the finest, most intricate songs they’ve ever written, proving this band still has a flair for the dramatic. That’s not to say there isn’t anything new on ‘Misadventures’, mind. There are winding, warm guitars and pained, menacing screams on ‘Dive In’ and the furious ‘Texas Is Forever’ has PTV written all over it, while elsewhere the thumping riffs, harmonics and “woah” driven outro of ‘Today I Saw The Whole World’ is an anthem in the making and will seamlessly slot into their live set. Vic Fuentes leads his troops galloping through the opening tracks without coming up for air.
‘Misadventures’ represents a rich, more polished version of the Pierce The Veil that broke out on 2012’s ‘Collide With The Sky’. The good news? After all that time away, Pierce The Veil still sound very much like Pierce The Veil. And if that’s how we’re feeling, the band must be terrified of what everyone’s going to think about the 11 songs that might break them.Īfter all – it’s a much softer blow if you release a bad album after two years than if your fans have to wait almost half a decade for a stinker. After years of false starts, broken promises and tested patience, Vic, Mike, Jaime and Tony have signed off on their long-awaited fourth album, and what feels like the Warped Tour scene’s ‘Chinese Democracy’ is finally done.Įach and every Pierce The Veil fan is waiting with baited breath to find out what their band have been up to, and Rock Sound was pretty damn intrigued to hear what’s taken so long.
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