The Color Clear
| The Color Clear | ||||
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| Studio album by Reflections | ||||
| Released | September 18, 2015 | |||
| Recorded | The Machine Shop | |||
| Genre | Metalcore, progressive metal | |||
| Label | eOne, Good Fight | |||
| Producer | Will Putney | |||
| Reflections chronology | ||||
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The Color Clear is the third studio album by American metalcore band Reflections. The album was released on September 18, 2015 through eOne Music and Good Fight Entertainment. It was recorded and produced by Will Putney in Jersey City, New Jersey.
A music video was released for the first single from the album "Actias Luna" on August 18, 2015. To promote the album, a tour was held during the winter months at the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016.
Content
Musical direction
The band's musical direction shifted greatly from their last album which led to a lot of mixed reviews and confusion amongst fans. Vocalist Jake Wolf explained "It’s a sound that was found while writing The Fantasy Effect and lost in the midst of writing and recording our album Exi(s)t."[1] On previous albums the band was known for utilizing technical riffs and mathcore passages with heavy hitting breakdowns and an emphasis on tone and delivery. On the new record there is a much more simplistic, hardcore or nu-metal sound and there is the use of clean vocals which is a first for the band.
Lyrics
In an interview with NewNoise Magazine, Wolf explained that "It wasn’t until the process of writing and making The Color Clear that I was able to find myself again.” He also went on to state that many of the topics included on the album reflect his "years of physical, mental and emotional abuse, substance abuse, drug and alcohol addiction, more traumatizing events than I care to remember, and years of self harm."[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pseudo" | 3:43 |
| 2. | "Autumnus" | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Sadist" | 2:44 |
| 4. | "Limbo" | 4:22 |
| 5. | "Shadow Self" | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Butterfly Effect" | 2:33 |
| 7. | "Amulet" | 4:11 |
| 8. | "Actias Luna" | 4:33 |
| 9. | "Translucence" | 3:56 |
| 10. | "Transparence" | 4:28 |
Total length: |
38:16 | |
Chart history
- Debuted at No. 6 on the Heatseekers Albums Chart.
- Debuted at No. 15 on the Independent Albums[3] Chart
- Debuted at No. 96 on the Billboard 200[4] Chart
References
- ↑ Alper, Eric (2015-08-18)."Reflections Debut Music Video, Pre-Orders for The Color Clear" Retrieved on 201-02-18.
- ↑ Anderl, Tim. (2015-10-28). "Interview: Reflections on Battling Addiction, Letting Everything Out" New Noise Magazine. Retrieved on 2016-02-18.
- ↑ "Billboard Artist: Reflections". Billboard. Retrieved on 2016-02-18.
- ↑ Brown, Matt (2016-09-30)."Metal By Numbers 9/30: Fortune shines down on the charts". Metal Insider. Retrieved on 2016-02-18.