A Flair For The Dramatic

A Flair for the Dramatic
A Flair for the Dramatic
Studio album by Pierce the Veil
Released	June 26, 2007
Recorded	Johnny Cab Studios / The Tank Studio, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Emo; post-hardcore;
Length	40:29
Label	Equal Vision
Producer	Vic Fuentes; Casey Bates;
Pierce the Veil chronology

Background and recording

In December 2006, Before Today changed their name to Pierce the Veil, and that they had posted a few songs on their Myspace account.

It was produced by Casey Bates, along with Vic Fuentes, and was recorded with only the Fuentes brothers taking up all instrument duties.^{[citation needed]}

Release

On May 3, 2007, it was announced that the band had signed to Equal Vision. A week later, the album's artwork and track listing was revealed. In early May, the band toured with Poison the Well, before touring with Portugal. The Man in mid May. Throughout the rest of May, and running into early June, the band toured with Alesana. A music video for "Currents Convulsive" was released on June 19. The album was released by Equal Vision on June 26. From late July to mid September, the band supported Scary Kids Scaring Kids and Boys Night Out on their co-headlining U.S. tour. In September and October, the band supported Chiodos on their I'm a Mathlete, Not an Athlete tour. In November and December, the band supported From First to Last on their headlining US tour.

The band supported Emery for their tour national tour around the U.S. from January 29 to March 22, 2008. In April, the band appeared at the Bamboozle Left festival. On May 2, a music video for "Yeah Boy and Doll Face" premiered on Fuse. The video was directed by Nate Weaver in Los Angeles. Between June and August, the band performed on the 2008 edition of Warped Tour. In October and November, the band went on a headlining US tour with support from Breathe Carolina, Four Letter Lie, and Emarosa. Between mid-February and early April 2009, the band participated in the 2009 edition of Taste of Chaos tours. A music video for "Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides" was released on April 13.

Reception

A Flair for the Dramatic charted at number 61 on the Heatseekers charts in the U.S.

Track listing

All songs by Mike and Vic Fuentes, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Chemical Kids and Mechanical Brides"	3:41
2.	"Currents Convulsive"	3:36
3.	"Yeah Boy and Doll Face"	4:24
4.	"I'd Rather Die Than Be Famous"	2:54
5.	"The Cheap Bouquet"	3:49
6.	"Falling Asleep on a Stranger" (V. Fuentes, M. Fuentes, Curtis Peoples)	3:44
7.	"She Sings in the Morning"	2:59
8.	"The Balcony Scene" (V. Fuentes, M. Fuentes, Peoples, David Yaden)	3:19
9.	"Drella"	2:57
10.	"Diamonds and Why Men Buy Them" (V. Fuentes, M. Fuentes, Peoples)	3:31
11.	"Wonderless"	5:41
Total length:		40:35

Bonus track

iTunes edition bonus track
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Beat It" (Michael Jackson cover)	3:39

Personnel

Pierce the Veil

Vic Fuentes – lead vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, synthesizers, programming, piano
Mike Fuentes – drums, percussion, programming, backing vocals

Production

Produced and mixed by Vic Fuentes and Casey Bates
Engineered by Casey Bates and Nick Johnson
Additional keyboard by Dave Yaden
Photography by Kevin Knight and Jerad Knudson
Art Direction by Vic Fuentes
Design by Don Clark for Invisible Creature

Chart positions

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers Albums	61

References

Footnotes

Citations

External links

A Flair for the Dramatic at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)

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