The heart of San Diego emo-inflected post-hardcore outfit Pierce the Veil lies in two brothers, vocalist/guitarist Victor Fuentes and drummer Mike Fuentes, who first started playing together in high school. The brothers wrote Pierce the Veil's debut album, A Flair for the Dramatic, in their San Diego home studio. The disk is a unique amalgam of heavy music that’s bound to turn heads and blow minds. Despite its technical complexity, Pierce the Veil’s music doesn’t need to be overanalyzed or intellectualized—it simply needs to be listened to. And at the end of the day, the band—who recently got finished up a successful tour with Poison The Well and Portugal The Man—are content knowing that they made the best album they could. “I knew there was nothing else I could have done or put into this record,” Vic beams. “I knew we put everything we had into it—and that was an amazing feeling.”