Pierce The Veil's new album 'Misadventures' debuted at No.4 on the Billboard 200 chart recently and the band's bass guitarist Jaime Preciado and singer Vic Fuentes sat down with the magazine to talk about their inspiration behind the record. 

When asked about the creative process on this album, Preciado explained that they wanted to push their own boundaries:

"For us, I think we went in there trying to be a little bit more creative and more outside the box. We wanted to take chances, take some risks, do some things that we couldn’t have done on our last couple of records. There are a couple of songs on the record where I think we did that. For us, that’s always our goal. We always want to try to go in the studio and create something that for us, at that time and place, we really love. That’s always been our goal every time. Vic always says, every record, for us, is a little time capsule of how we were in our life and what we were doing. So listening to Misadventures, it kind of brings me back to exactly where we were, what we were doing and the crazy fucking trip it took to finish it all."

Fuentes added that creating this album was on par with how actors prepare for a role by 'going method': 

"Yeah, this record was really unorthodox for us. When we finally did get back to finishing lyrics after taking a break from our record to do a world tour and do a Warped Tour, right in the middle of recording one of the most anticipated records of our career, we were just like, “We need a break. We’re gonna take a break and do some touring, and then I’m gonna write the rest of the lyrics.” When I did that, I was so obsessed with this record for two years, I almost compare to it when actors go method."

"It felt like that for me with this record. I was just so into it. So, when I had to write the lyrics, I ended up traveling everywhere and I stayed in like 15 different Airbnb’s in different cities and worked in different studios. I finally finished the record up in Seattle. I just booked a cheap flight by myself, flew up there to finish the rest of the record, and I just walked around to some of my favourite places, like Gasworks and an area called Ballard. Then I wrote the last few songs up there staying at this hotel called Hotel Max, which is really Sub Pop inspired and I was feeling all those vibes up there and it was nice."

The band, meanwhile, have donated a broken guitar (pictured below) to Teenage Cancer Trust's auction and the bidding will go live on Sunday, June 6 at 7pm. To look at the lot, click here. 

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