Pierce the Veil: New studio album, tours; The Jaws of Life released on Feb. 10

MACKENIZE SCOTT

Op/Ed Editor

Pierce the Veil, an American rock band from San Diego, is releasing their fifth studio album after six years of hiatus.

The Jaws of Life was released on Feb. 10, 2023. This album begins the start of a new era of the band as their previous release Misadventures was released back in May of 2016. The band has been around since 2006 and hit popularity with their third studio album Collide with the Sky, which includes the song “King For a Day,” featuring Kellin Quinn, that currently has over 236 million streams on Spotify and the music video having 154 million views on YouTube as of Feb. 2023.

The band released three singles before the album release day, most receiving positive reviews. Junior Cynthia Zamudio said, “I only really liked two of the three songs that were leaked from the album, ‘Pass the Nirvana’ and ‘Emergency Contact.’” Zamudio continues saying, “‘Even When I’m Not With You’ was alright, I didn’t mind it. It felt like the band wanted to experiment with their sound and it paid off well. It’s a good song but it’s not necessarily for me.”

Junior Emily Vaughn agreed, music, which is expected because it's been six years and artists change over time.” Fans are expecting older elements to come in as you see that stand out in some of the new songs regardless of them experimenting with sound. saying “‘Emergency Contact’ and 'Pass the Nirvana’ are the best of the new ones. ‘Even When I’m Not With You’ is not my favorite, as it is pretty repetitive.”

Zamudio says her favorite song off of previous albums is “definitely ‘Bulls In the Bronx.’ The band kind of pays an homage to their Hispanic roots in the bridge of the song, and you rarely see that with this kind of music genre.” Vaughn comments saying she hopes that maybe you will see things like that in the new music as well.

Vaughn says, “The new music is slightly different from their other

Fans are also hoping for an upcoming U.S. tour as headliners, as they recently were a supporting act on the True Power Tour with headliners I PREVAIL, with opener Fit For A King at the end of 2022 and headlining Live in the U.K. in December 2022. According to songkick.com they are scheduled to play across six countries in 2023 and 2024.