The majority of the songs featured on Selfish Machines were written between Fuentes and exA Day to Remember guitarist, Tom Denney the pair also worked on the music for "The Boy Who Could Fly", "Disasterology" and "The Sky Under the Sea". – Vic Fuentes, on the album's overall lyrical content, 2010 The theme of this album talks about these natural thoughts and feelings to want and take–the desire to be in love and the desperation for someone else to love you. Fuentes later said he wasn't going to be recording in Los Angeles again as there "were a lot of distractions that we didn't need." Shortly after finishing the recording process, the band contributed a cover of Blue Oyster Cult's "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" to the P unk Goes Classic Rock (2010) compilation. Before release, "The Boy Who Could Fly" was available for streaming on the band's MySpace account, and for free download from their PureVolume account, on May 10.
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By January 11, 2010, the vocals and keyboard tracks had yet to be recorded and that the music for the songs were finished. A studio update posted on February 17 mentioned that Fuentes was still working on the album, and a couple of days later he said there would be "8 days left of recording vocals". It was revealed on Decemthat Mike Fuentes had recorded all the drum tracks in one day. Green was chosen as the choice of producer as previous albums he has worked on "sound amazing", as Fuentes commented, and that he was "a very down to earth and passionate person." Selfish Machines, along with the band's next album C ollide with the Sky (2012), was written in a cabin that belonged to Fearless Records president Bob Becker. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Mike Green during December 2009 and January 2010, with a planned release in 2010. In an interview with AbsolutePunk in early 2009, guitarist and vocalist Vic Fuentes said the band's next album would be "completely inspired by our fans." Fuentes also said in the interview that he was not certain when the album would be released, and adding that it would be published by record label Equal Vision. Oh, I hate what it tastes like.Pierce the Veil had been recording, demoing and writing new material, at a home studio in San Diego, since they finished the 2009 Taste of Chaos Tour. You know I've never held a gun in my life, but now I carry one around in case I see you tonight. Go down your list and be satisfied it's all you have. I'm tired of holding up your backup plans. Sometimes the bedroom walls become my only friends, but they were there from beginning to end. And you don't have a backup plan, so don't expect me to understand.Ī diamond bullet and a gun made of gold, she was covered in blood last seen in San Francisco So say it, say I'm in love, cause you called me crying from your job, said you just got fired. How does it feel to breathe oxygen inside her head? And until that day, I'll steal you flowers from the cemetery, red roses. I told myself I'm tired of holding up your backup plans. As we're covered in sand, you roll over and smile.
A friend of a friend, these strangers at the party never paid.
She said paint a picture on me, throw your dress up and your heart away. (True love comes from more than just the heart)
Go down your list and be satisfied if all you have is not enough. I'd better pick it back up, it might ruin your night.Īnd she said, "Baby, leave the water by the bed for later, and I woke up without a single drop. A drowning boy with no voice prays someone up there's telling me, You'd better not get back up! I spit my heart into this red cup. A violin with no hands plays symphonies with no words. The music for "Besitos" shows off the band's Latin influence, and the lyrics describe Fuentes' relationship with a girl, from her point of view, who he "couldn't stop hurting over and over again." Lyrics Besitos is the first song on Pierce the Veil's second album Selfish Machines.