Collide with the Sky | ||||
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Studio album by Pierce the Veil | ||||
Released | July 17, 2012 | |||
Recorded | February 2012 | – April 2012|||
Studio | House of Loud, Elmwood Park, New Jersey | |||
Genre | Post-hardcore | |||
Length | 46:06 | |||
Label | Fearless | |||
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Singles from Collide with the Sky | ||||
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Collide with the Sky is the third studio album by American rock band Pierce the Veil, released on July 17, 2012.
According to vocalist/rhythm guitarist Vic Fuentes, "King for a Day" is about "standing up to the people who think they are better than you, or try to take advantage of you." He added that he "felt like I wasn’t cool enough, or good enough, for some people. It’s a very angry song in retaliation to these bottled-up thoughts and emotions".
According to Fuentes, "The theme to the album artwork is 'jumping off of the ground that is breaking beneath you.' The idea is to inspire hope amongst the chaos that may be happening around you. If the ground was breaking beneath your feet, your first reaction may be to run and jump to safety, and it's that moment where you are suspended in the air that I am focusing on. A still frame where you're not sure if the person is falling or flying. It's about freeing yourself from the things that are breaking or falling apart in your life, and inspiring a sense of hope from the desperation."
It is the band's first release on Fearless Records, as their previous two albums were released on Equal Vision Records. It was made available for pre-order through Merchnow on June 6, 2012. The band touring as part of the 2012 Warped Tour throughout July and August The album's first single, "King for a Day", was released on June 5, 2012. It features Kellin Quinn of Sleeping with Sirens as a guest vocalist. "Bulls in the Bronx" was chosen as the second single and released on June 26, 2012. On August 6, the band released a music video for "King for a Day". The video features the band "taking down the bad guy and getting back at him for treating us poorly", according to Fuentes. Preciado came up with this idea "because he’d always wanted to do a ‘heist’."
They went on their first ever headlining UK tour in September. In October and November, the band went on the headlining Collide with the Sky Tour in the US with support from Sleeping with Sirens, Tonight Alive and Hands Like Houses. On December 21, "Hell Above" was released as a single, along with a live music video. In February and March 2013, the band performed at Soundwave festival in Australia. In April and May, the band went on the Spring Fever tour, a co-headlining North America tour with All Time Low, with support from Mayday Parade and You Me at Six. In September and October, the band supported A Day to Remember on the House Party tour in the US.