Bend to Break

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Bend to Break
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Studio album by
The Color Fred
ReleasedOctober 30, 2007
RecordedMillbrook Sound Studios
Genre Indie rock, power pop, folk rock
Length40:06
Label Equal Vision
Producer Lou Giordano
The Color Fred chronology
Bend to Break
(2007)		 The Intervention
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AbsolutePunk.net 83% [1]
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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). [4]

Contents

Release

On August 23, 2007, the Color Fred announced they had signed to Equal Vision Records; alongside this, "If I Surrender" was posted on their Myspace profile. [5] On September 26, 2007, Bend to Break was announced for release the following month; alongside this, the track listing and artwork were posted online. [6] On October 12, 2007, "Get Out" was posted on Myspace. [7] Bend to Break was made available for streaming through Myspace, before being released through Equal Vision three days later. [8] It was released in digipak style on "a minimum of 80% post-consumer waste recycled paper". [9] "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." [10]

In November and December 2007, the band supported Straylight Run on the headlining tour of the US. [11] On November 28, 2007, a music video was released for "If I Surrender". [12] In February and March 2008, the band supported Angels & Airwaves on their headlining US tour. [13] In early April 2008, the band appeared at the Bamboozle Left festival. [14] Later in the month, the band went on a US tour with Chiodos and then a tour with MxPx, and appeared at the Give it a Name festival in the UK. [15] [16] [17] Following this, the band performed on the Warped Tour between June and August 2008. [18] [19] In October and November, the band supported Hawthorne Heights on their headlining US tour, titled the Never Sleep Again Tour. [20] An acoustic version of "Complaintor" was posted on the group's Myspace profile on March 16, 2009. [21]

Track listing

  1. "Get Out" - 2:45
  2. "If I Surrender" - 3:53
  3. "Hate to See You Go" - 3:55
  4. "It Isn't Me" - 3:59
  5. "Complaintor" - 3:59
  6. "The Tragedy" - 1:08
  7. "I Didn't See" - 3:54
  8. "Empty House" - 3:08
  9. "Minnesota" - 3:24
  10. "I'll Never Know" - 3:51
  11. "Don't Pretend" - 6:06

Singles

  1. "Hate To See You Go"
  2. "If I Surrender"

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Chorus.fm". October 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ Spinelli, Tom (November 13, 2007). "The Color Fred - Bend to Break". Melodic. Retrieved July 18, 2017.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Rocklouder.co.uk".
  4. ↑ Bend to Break - The Color Fred | Album | AllMusic , retrieved November 19, 2025
  5. ↑ Paul, Aubin (August 23, 2007). "Equal Vision signs The Color Fred (Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea)". Punknews.org. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
  6. ↑ Paul, Aubin (September 26, 2007). "The Color Fred (Taking Back Sunday) detail upcoming full-length". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 2, 2022.
  7. ↑ Paul, Aubin (October 12, 2007). "The Color Fred: 'Get Out'". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  8. ↑ White, Adam (October 27, 2007). "The Color Fred: 'Bend to Break'". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  9. ↑ Found written on the back cover of the CD.
  10. ↑ msopr.com
  11. ↑ Conoley, Ben (October 15, 2007). "Straylight Run / The Bravery / The Color Fred". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 4, 2022.
  12. ↑ Paul, Aubin (November 28, 2007). "The Color Fred: 'If I Surrender'". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  13. ↑ Paul, Aubin (November 5, 2007). "Angels & Airwaves / Meg & Dia / The Color Fred / Ace Enders". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Blaqk Audio, Hot Water Music, H2O added to Bamboozle Left". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 15, 2008. Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Chiodos plan most confusing tour ever with MxPx, FFTL". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. February 19, 2008. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2017.
  16. ↑ Paul, Aubin (January 15, 2008). "Paramore, Finch, Strike Anywhere, Glassjaw, Anti-Flag, Silverstein at Give It A Name 2008". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 6, 2022.
  17. ↑ Paul, Aubin (March 14, 2008). "MxPx / Chiodos / Protest the Hero / The Color Fred". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  18. ↑ Paul, Aubin (February 26, 2008). "Warped Tour unveils final band lineup for 2008". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  19. ↑ Paul, Aubin (January 28, 2008). "Warped Tour confirms routing". Punknews.org. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  20. ↑ "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.
  21. ↑ "The Color Fred post acoustic "Complaintor"". Alternative Press. Alternative Press Magazine, Inc. March 16, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2017.
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