Collide with the Sky

Collide with the Sky is the third studio album by American post-hardcore band Pierce the Veil, released on July 17, 2012, by Fearless Records. The album spawned the hit songs "King for a Day", "A Match into Water", "Bulls in the Bronx" and "Hell Above", all of which remain staples of the group's discography. Composition According to frontman/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". Album art 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." Release 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 gettlng 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'."