Bend to Break

Bend to Break
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
Bend to Break (2007) The Intervention EP (2009)

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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).

It was released in digipak style on "a minimum of 80% post-consumer waste recycled paper".^[1] "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."^[2]

The video for "If I Surrender" won the Oven Fresh competition on the Fuse music TV station.^[3]

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

• 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

1. Found written on the back cover of the CD.

External links

• Official Website
• Official MySpace for The Color Fred
• Official Modlife
• Video for "If I Surrender".
• If I Surrender Music Video on YouTube