Happy Friday! On this week's edition of "Carson and Laura Switch Blogs", I'm going to be writing about one of Carson's favorite bands, Pierce the Veil. Like usual, I'll write bullet points.

  • Pierce the Veil are a post-hardcore (I think I explained before that this is politically correct for "screamo") band formed sometime in the late 2000s, probably.
  • Unlike the similarly-named Black Veil Brides, Pierce the Veil do not wear theatrical makeup or ridiculous clothes.
  • The lead singer's name is Vic Fuentes. He doesn't have any outlandish tattoos and he dresses normally, so I guess I'm okay with him.
  • According to Carson, a few of the band members are of Hispanic descent and some of their music has Hispanic elements in it. That's cool.
  • They probably ride skateboards.
  • They have faces.
  • They sing a few love songs.
  • They're probably playing at Warped Tour (concerts for Coachella rejects) this year.
  • They don't abuse substances, if my sources are to be believed, so they're at least a better influence on kids than Black Veil Brides are. Carson likened them to Sleeping with Sirens.
  • Their name sounds kind of Islamophobic to me. I think it's a personal choice whether or not someone should cover up.
  • Vic Fuentes is probably a nice dude and some of their music is probably tolerable, but the genre they're in is associated with many negative names and themes.
  • They're one of those bands whose lyrics you will see written on girls' wrists all the time, which is probably another reason people mix them up with Asking Alexandria, Black Veil Brides, and Sleeping with Sirens.
  • I have no intention to listen to them. I don't vehemently hate them, either. I'm sort of indifferent to this one.
  • I'm still very confused about the name? For example, with Black Veil Brides, the name is a (stupid) way of representing something innocent and pure (a bride's veil) and tainting it with darkness. Pierce the Veil, though, I'm not sure. What would that represent? The end of the betrothal? Or is it perhaps a Harry Potter reference and Vic Fuentes is a huge Sirius Black fan?
  • I'm still scared of them.



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