Vinyl Record

Pierce The Veil - The Jaws Of Life

Pierce The Veil - The Jaws Of Life on LP vinyl. A 2023 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP · 2023

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 2023 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

The Jaws Of Life is Pierce The Veil's 2023 fifth album, released after the long gap that followed 2016's Misadventures and shaped by the question of what a high-intensity post-hardcore band becomes when it returns to a different scene. Produced by Paul Meany, the record is less frantic than the group's earlier peak and more interested in pressure, texture and wounded melodic space. Pass the Nirvana announced the comeback with a heavier, distorted mood; Emergency Contact turned intimacy into the album's most immediate hook; Death of an Executioner, Flawless Execution and So Far So Fake keep enough bite to remind listeners of the band's old volatility. The title track and Shared Trauma make the shift clearer: this is not Pierce The Veil trying to replay the Collide with the Sky era at the same speed. It is a 2023 rock record about survival after absence, with Vic Fuentes writing inside fatigue, attachment and the strange emotional machinery implied by the title.

The Jaws Of Life matters because it documents Pierce The Veil returning as adults rather than as nostalgia for a Warped Tour moment. The album's slower burn, Paul Meany production and focus on tension over constant acceleration make it a meaningful update to the band's identity after seven years away.

For collectors, The Jaws Of Life is the Pierce The Veil album that marks the post-hiatus chapter. It pairs naturally with Misadventures as a before-and-after document: one record from the band's high-velocity 2010s run, the other from a later period where atmosphere and emotional weight take more space.

Modern alternative rock and post-hardcore with thick guitars, polished low-end, melodic tension, emo-pop hooks, slower dramatic builds and Vic Fuentes' high, urgent vocal presence.

Recommended for: Pierce The Veil fans following the comeback after Misadventures; Collectors of 2020s post-hardcore and emo-adjacent rock; Listeners who like Paul Meany's textured rock production; Fans of bands evolving beyond their most frantic early signatures.

When did Pierce The Veil release The Jaws Of Life? The Jaws Of Life was released in February 2023 as the band's fifth studio album. Who produced The Jaws Of Life? The album was produced by Paul Meany, whose production helps give it a heavier, more spacious and more modern rock feel. How does The Jaws Of Life differ from older Pierce The Veil albums? It is less constantly frantic than the band's early-2010s work, leaning more into mood, groove and mid-tempo tension while keeping sharp hooks and emotional intensity.