Bend to Break
Bend to Break | ||||
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Studio album by The Color Fred | ||||
Released | October 30, 2007 | |||
Recorded | Millbrook Sound Studios | |||
Genre | Indie rock, power pop | |||
Length | 40:06 | |||
Label | Equal Vision | |||
Producer | Lou Giordano | |||
The Color Fred chronology | ||||
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AbsolutePunk.net | (83%) link |
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Bend to Break is the debut studio album by the Color Fred, the project of Fred Mascherino (formerly of Taking Back Sunday).
Release
It was released in digipak style on "a minimum of 80% post-consumer waste recycled paper".[2] "I like to keep everything I do as close to carbon footprint zero as possible," Mascherino said. "The guys at Equal Vision had to search far and wide to make my packaging goal a reality. But it’s well worth it. It’s really important to me and if everyone else did it, it would make a big difference."[3] The video for "If I Surrender" won the Oven Fresh competition on the Fuse music TV station.[4] In early April 2008, the band appeared at the Bamboozle Left festival.[5] Later in the month, the band went on a US tour with Chiodos.[6] Between June and August, the band performed on the 2008 edition of Warped Tour.[7] In October and November, the band supported Hawthorne Heights on their headlining US tour, titled the Never Sleep Again Tour.[8] An acoustic version of "Complaintor" was posted on the group's Myspace profile on March 16, 2009.[9]
Track listing
- "Get Out" - 2:45
- "If I Surrender" - 3:53
- "Hate to See You Go" - 3:55
- "It Isn't Me" - 3:59
- "Complaintor" - 3:59
- "The Tragedy" - 1:08
- "I Didn't See" - 3:54
- "Empty House" - 3:08
- "Minnesota" - 3:24
- "I'll Never Know" - 3:51
- "Don't Pretend" - 6:06
Singles
- "Hate To See You Go"
- "If I Surrender"
Personnel
- Fred Mascherino – guitar, vocals, bass guitar, keyboard
- Steve Curtiss – drums
- PJ Bond – backing vocals and bass guitar on "Get Out"
- Clint Stelfox – piano on "It Isn't Me", Hammond organ B3 on "Don't Pretend"
- Anton Patzner - violin, viola
- Lewis Patzner - cello, bass
References
- ↑ Spinelli, Tom (November 13, 2007). "The Color Fred - Bend to Break". Melodic. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ↑ Found written on the back cover of the CD.
- ↑ msopr.com
- ↑ fuse.tv at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2007-10-08)
- ↑ "Blaqk Audio, Hot Water Music, H2O added to Bamboozle Left". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 15, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Chiodos plan most confusing tour ever with MxPx, FFTL". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 19, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Venues for Warped Tour 2008 revealed". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. March 12, 2008. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
- ↑ "Hawthorne Heights to head out with Emery / The Color Fred / The Mile After / Tickle Me Pink". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. September 3, 2008. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ↑ "The Color Fred post acoustic "Complaintor"". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. March 16, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
External links
- Official Website
- Official MySpace for The Color Fred
- Official Modlife
- Video for "If I Surrender".
- If I Surrender Music Video on YouTube