''The Color Clear'' is the third studio album by American

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band Reflections. The album was released on September 18, 2015, through

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and Good Fight Entertainment. It was recorded and produced by

Will Putney Will Putney (born May 29, 1983) is an American record producer and musician based in New Jersey. He is the guitarist and co-founder of deathcore band Fit for an Autopsy, as well as the guitarist of metalcore supergroup End, and hardcore punk su ...

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. 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''."

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,

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, more traumatizing events than I care to remember, and years of self harm."

Track listing

Personnel

*Jake Wolf – lead vocals *Patrick Somoulay – guitars *Francis Xayana – bass *Nick Lona – drums

Additional personnel

*Will Putney – production, mixing, mastering

Chart history

* Debuted at No. 6 on the

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Chart. * Debuted at No. 15 on the

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Chart * Debuted at No. 96 on the ''Billboard'' 200Brown, Matt (2016-09-30
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''Metal Insider''. Retrieved on 2016-02-18. Chart

References

2015 albums Reflections (Minnesota band) albums MNRK Music Group albums Albums produced by Will Putney Good Fight Music albums {{2010s-metal-album-stub