Pierce The Veil Release Film Clip For 'Circles'

In the lead-up to their headline tour next month, Pierce The Veil have released a new film clip for their song, 'Circles'.

'Circles' was easily the poppiest song off their new chart-topping record. As for the music video itself, it's a rather cheesy, haunted house themed film clip. However, this is a great example of the tonal dissonance between a song's initial themes and meaning and what the music video portrays.

Below is a quote from singer Vic Fuentes about the meaning behind 'Circles':

"That was a special one because I got to co-write it with my friend Curtis Peoples and my other buddy Steve Miller. We wrote that in L.A. at Steve’s studio. I let that one sit lyrically. I didn’t touch it for a while. I didn’t want to have any pre- conceptions about what it was about. In Seattle at the end, I wrote it in a matter of four hours at a coffee shop. I had been waiting for the right topic to write about. When I found what I wanted to write about, it came so easily. Basically, I wrote that for the people who lost their lives in the Paris attacks at The Bataclan. What affected me the most was when I watched the Eagles of Death Metal talk about what happened. They said a lot of people died trying to save their friends. That was so crazy to me, thinking about these kids at a show trying to save each other, risking their lives, and losing their lives. We’d played that venue two years previous to that day with Bring Me The Horizon. That got me thinking too; that could’ve been any of our bands, any of our friends, or anyone of us. The whole situation just hit me right at home. I wrote the song about two kids at the show. It’s a story about two friends trying to save each other as it’s all going down."

(Source: Music Mayhem) 

Now while I wasn't the biggest fan of the band's new album, it does have some great songs to it, but the lyrics and tone of this song in question just really rubs me the wrong way in regards to the subject matter behind it. The overall timbre just doesn't seem...fitting or appropriate for the themes, and the video clip really doesn't help matters, either.

Ah, I'm probably just going crazily overboard and am probably jsut putting far more thought into it then the band may have.

Anyway, you can check the new video out below, as well as the dates of their tour with Storm The Sky, Beartooth, AND Silverstein below. (Here's hoping that Silvertooth makes an appearance at some of these shows!)

EATONS HILL, BRISBANE

TUESDAY AUGUST 16 - All Ages

BIG TOP AT LUNA PARK, SYDNEY

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 17 - All Ages

THEBARTON THEATRE, ADELAIDE

THURSDAY AUGUST 18 - All Ages

170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE

SATURDAY AUGUST 20 -  All Ages

170 RUSSELL, MELBOURNE

SUNDAY AUGUST 21   sold out! (18+)

*MONDAY AUGUST 22   new show! (18+)*

ASTOR THEATRE, PERTH

TUESDAY AUGUST 23 - All Ages