Pass The Nirvana

Album: The Jaws Of Life (2022)
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  • Pierce The Veil's first new material since their 2016 Misadventures album, "Pass the Nirvana" is an anthem about the many traumatic hardships American youth have endured in the 2020s. "COVID, no proms, no graduations, an insurrection, school shootings," said Pierce The Veil frontman Vic Fuentes. "The list goes on. Their lives have been tossed around like clothes in a dryer, as the tensions within our country have infiltrated our own homes, friends, and families. To me, the song represents a euphoric detachment from all of that anxiety and stress."
  • The title doesn't appear in the lyrics and isn't a reference to the iconic Kurt Cobain-led band. Instead, "Pass The Nirvana" is about the youth of America needing "some form of peace or nirvana" in the face of all they've endured. Having said that, the song's grungy chords and melodic hooks nod to Nirvana.
  • Pierce The Veil released "Pass The Nirvana" on September 1, 2022. It was the San Diego band's first song without drummer Mike Fuentes after he'd stepped down following sexual misconduct allegations.
  • Vic Fuentes wrote "Pass The Nirvana" with Curtis Peoples, David "Kill Dave" Dahlquist, Pat Morrissey and its producer Paul Meany.

    Singer-songwriter Curtis Peoples has known Vic Fuentes since kindergarten. They played together in a band called 3 Simple Words while attending high school and paired up to pen the band's Gold single, "King For A Day." Peoples supplied gang vocals on the Misadventures tracks "Circles" and "Today I Saw The Whole World."

    Songwriter and producers Kill Dave and Pat Morrissey frequently work together. Their joint credits include seven tracks on American singer Hayley Kiyoko's 2022 Panorama album, K Flay's "Bad Memory," and Absinthe's "I Don't Know How But They Found Me."

    Paul Meany is the lead singer and keyboardist of rock band Mutemath. He's also produced songs for Twenty One Pilots including "Jumpsuit" and "Chlorine." This is his first collaboration with Pierce The Veil.

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