Ten years ago today, Misadventures finally arrived after one of the longest and most frustrating waits in modern post hardcore. Released on May 13, 2016 through Fearless Records, the album followed up 2012’s breakthrough release Collide with the Sky and quickly became one of the most important alternative records of the 2010s.
Originally expected to land in 2014, then pushed to early 2015, the record ended up being delayed multiple times while the band continued writing and reworking songs in the studio. Frontman Vic Fuentes later explained the band wanted to keep raising the bar creatively instead of rushing the album out. The result was a record that expanded Pierce The Veil’s sound while still keeping the chaos and emotion fans connected with on earlier releases.
Tracks like Texas Is Forever, Circles and The Divine Zero helped push the band even further into the mainstream alternative world, while deeper cuts like Today I Saw the Whole World and Song for Isabelle became fan favourites over time. “Circles” also marked one of the band’s most serious lyrical moments, inspired by the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks.
The album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 and hit No. 1 across multiple rock and alternative charts in the US, while also becoming the band’s first album to chart internationally across countries including the UK, Australia and Germany. It also became the final Pierce The Veil album to feature drummer Mike Fuentes before his departure from the band in 2017.
Looking back now, Misadventures feels like the moment Pierce The Veil fully crossed over from scene favourites into one of the biggest bands alternative music had to offer. A decade later, the album still holds up as one of the defining post hardcore releases of the era..
For many fans, Misadventures became one of the albums that defined that era of alternative music, and a record that still connects just as strongly 10 years later.
