Pierce The Veil have guts. Every step of ‘Misadventures’ sees the band boldly following that pit-of-your-stomach magnet onwards as they continue to do t...
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Pierce The Veil have guts. Every step of ‘Misadventures’ sees the band boldly following that pit-of-your-stomach magnet onwards as they continue to do the unexpected with class. Unsurprisingly their UK tour is no different.
Both Creeper and Letlive. are on the ascent. They’ve both got a reputation for being incredible and recently they’ve opened their wings fully and begun to soar.
Creeper, all mainstage theatrics and backroom secrets, take to the room with a sincere urgency. Doors have been open for less than an hour but Brixton Academy is filling up fast. It’s a good job the band are quickly becoming accustomed to all eyes on them. The likes of ‘The Honeymoon Suite’ and ‘Black Mass’ make themselves at home within the scale of the stage and ‘Astral Projection’ into ‘Misery’ provides an early moment of beauty. It’s ‘Suzanne’ that really ignites the room though. Patched and patchless, cult and curious, there’s no escaping the snarling wonder and golden daze the band provide.
Letlive. have always been a stick of dynamite; toss them into a room and watch it explode. That renegade spirit is still alive and tumbling about the room tonight but ‘If I’m The Devil…’ allows the band to be more. ‘A Weak Ago’ and ‘Reluctantly Dead’ cut melody and refrain with clenched fist uprising while a snippet of Michael Jackson’s ‘Man In The Mirror’ during ‘Renegade 86’’ highlights just how far Letlive. stretch. “This world is going to act like you owe them something,” Jason tells the women in the room. “I’m here to tell you, you don’t owe the world shit. You are the reason this world spins around. To the men in this room, if you feel entitled to take that away from them, I’ll be around the room all fucking night to show you otherwise.” ‘Muther’ swells with a newly discovered importance, especially with the addition of Creeper’s Hannah Greenwood before ‘Good Mourning America’ pulls everyone together.
One day Creeper will headline Brixton Academy. One day Letlive. will headline Brixton Academy. One day is not today though. Tonight belongs to Pierce The Veil and everybody knows it.
Crash-landing onto stage in a spaceship, there’s a mischievous sense of occasion to the whole show. From the opening ‘Dive In’, the band cut spectacle with sing-alongs as they make every inch of the room feel involved. “We want to make you hear something you’ve never heard before, feel something you’ve never felt. That’s our goal,” beams Vic Fuentes as the band, cartoon grins and genuine art, do everything to keep that promise. There’s no sugar-coating tonight as the band tear through a set of their greatest. From the pace of ‘The Divine Zero’ and ‘Texas Is Forever’ until the triumph of ‘Circles’ and ‘King For The Day’, Pierce The Veil show they haven’t just earned this, they deserve it. And they own it with guts and glory.
