Modern Synthpop

the hottest indie and alternative pop. updated all the time. cover: CATBEAR

indie alt pop

Synthwave Aesthetic 🌃

Carefully curated synthpop, synthwave and chillwave. Listen on shuffle; fresh tracks added daily!

Synth City Radio

The latest 80s-influenced synth-driven pop, updated every Friday! Get a synthwave classic on CD for free at colortheory.com

Vocal Synthwave Retrowave

Here are my last five albums, which I consider my best work. There's plenty more on my profile [https://open.spotify.com/artist/7uWMG0Go7YMKqVG1fbsOBO?si=uBMKHU9hQcClsx9WdG5], plus new and exclusive material on my Patreon page [http://patreon.com/colortheory].

Color Theory - Official Playlist

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Have you ever known someone who can reliably coax you out of your hiding place? Who's presence effortlessly compels you to lower your guard? Who pierces straight through your insecurities to reveal your best self? 

“Crystal” is an uncharacteristically optimistic song about just that sort of person. 

CRYSTAL
©2022 Brian Hazard (ASCAP0

What’s precious inside me
Won’t let itself be known
To come out of hiding
Is to end up alone

No I won’t break down in front of you
Oh of all the stupid things to do

I won’t let you in
I won’t cross the line
I’ve been burnt too many times
I want to believe
Want to be alive
Look into my crystal eyes
Where a shout of joy
Is waiting to be born
Is waiting to be born

You slice me right open
A dazzling crystal blade
So thin I can’t feel it
So fast I can’t evade

And you cut right to the heart of it
And it only hurt a little bit

COLOR THEORY
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Crystal

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~~LYRICS~~
(Music and lyrics by Zoe Konez)

All I want 
Is to live
In the way 
That I want
And for that
I will fight
For us both
‘Cos I want
To choose love
I choose love
Choose love
Choose love 

I can't change 
Who I am
Not for you
Or your God
I can give 
You my love
I can live
Like I should
I choose love
I choose love 
Choose love
Choose love

Can we find a way to be together in the same room again?
I'm still the same me (underneath)
You're still the same you (underneath)
Can we fight together for somewhere in the middle we can meet?
I'm still the same me (underneath)
You're still the same you (underneath)

I don't feel 
I'm extreme
But I fear
Your beliefs 
You just need
To meet me
And my friends
‘Cos we want
To choose love
I choose love
Choose love
Choose love 

I was just
Questioning
What it means 
To be me
And I think 
You should live
And let be 
All we need is this 
I choose love
I choose love 
Choose love
Choose love

Can we find a way to be together in the same room again?
I'm still the same me (underneath)
You're still the same you (underneath)
Can we fight together for somewhere in the middle we can meet?
I'm still the same me (underneath)
You're still the same you (underneath)

I choose love 
Choose love

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Written, recorded and produced by Zoe Konez
Performed by CATBEAR
Mixed and mastered by Oz Craggs at Hidden Track Studios
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I Choose Love

Follow to:

Phonk playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/4e1Leg94PZZ1y5mWWS1KY9

🎵Narvent🎵
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"Also, if you want to upload my work on your music channel for support and promote artists, I ask for you tag me and drop the link on my sources."

Memory Reboot

VØJ, Narvent - Memory Reboot

All instruments and male vocals: UAP
featured female vocals: Katie Tich
mixed and mastered by Brian Hazard (Resonance Mastering)

City Be Your Monster

Tangerine Sky Remix by @roguevhs
Original by Dr Chrispy and @thestuntman

Tangerine Sky (Rogue VHS Remix)

I Cannot Rain

Listen/download ➤ https://ffm.colortheory.com/tigers

This song is about the need to experience things for yourself instead of relying on hearsay and assumptions. And also, tigers.

I’ve been told this one is “classic Color Theory,” whatever that means.

WHERE TIGERS ARE SAID TO ROAM
©2024 Brian Hazard (ASCAP)

They say that tigers roam free
In these lands
You wonder how that could be
When you’ve never seen one
Legends of mist-covered hills
Perilous thrills

The mighty roar
The savage gore
Rumors and idle folklore
Map out a route
Remove all doubt
Only one way to know for sure
Set out for the great unknown
Where tigers are said to roam

Don’t be content to rely
On hearsay
To confirm what you deny
Explore every region
Seek out the cat in its den
Time and again

It may be dangerous
Who knows what you might find
Embrace the wilderness
The courage to face
The nature of your own mind

You must do this on your own
Set out for the great unknown
Where tigers are said to roam

COLOR THEORY
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Where Tigers Are Said to Roam

it's just a dream

Crowdfinding

Maybe I'll Stay in a Different Shadow

Turbo Heat

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~~LYRICS~~
(Music and lyrics by Zoe Konez)

I’m wretched when
The fomo hits
I don't wanna stand there looking out of the window, but 
I don't wanna stick out when everybody here, fits in

Approachable
Disposables
I don’t wanna go if I don't know there's an exit
I don’t wanna go if there’s no way to get out but then

Who cares?
Who cares?
When the lights go out and I’m all alone 
Got to figure it out or no-one else does
Who cares?

I’m all out of
Neglectful of
Voices thoughts opinions and hanging around with them
I don't want to start something if we’ll just fall out again

The messenger 
Speaks semaphore
All I’m doing, is trying to, let someone know, that I
I don’t hold a grudge, but I know, I’m not meant to be out

Who cares?
Who cares?
When the lights go out and I’m all alone 
Got to figure it out - gotta have some fun
Who cares?

Who even cares?

Who cares?
Who cares?
When the lights go out and I’m all alone 
Got to figure it out - gotta have some fun
Who cares?

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Written, recorded and produced by Zoe Konez
Performed by CATBEAR
Mixed and mastered by Oz Craggs at Hidden Track Studios
For licensing enquiries please email hello @ thisistreehouse . com

Who Cares?

The Rehearsal

Shadowverse

Runaways

Runaways (feat. Bonnie McKee)

Phantom Lane

WHIPLASH

Sugar

Projections

Scintillate

Listen/download ➤ https://ffm.colortheory.com/proofofconcept

Why do new ideas come wrapped in self-doubt? Every act of creation is an act of courage, a delicate balance of ambition and anxiety.

PROOF OF CONCEPT
©2025 Brian Hazard (ASCAP)

The craziest notion lurks inside my mind
(Come to the fore greatness)
The dream of a dying afterthought
(Light the fog)
Got nothing to prove to anyone but me
(Some of you may hate this)
A pioneer has to walk the walk
(Should I fall)

The here and now (ever after)
The why and how not yet aligned (twisting)
The strings we pull (tying knots our)
Conceptual visions defined
Enshrined

A novel idea becomes a prototype
(Here is my grand vision)
A complex machine of gears and cogs
(Interlocked)
With beaker in hand, wearing a white lab coat
(Chemical magician)
I beg that you won’t think me a fraud
(Should I fail)

COLOR THEORY
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Proof of Concept

The wait is over.. “What Should I Become” is finally out!
If you want to support me, make sure to comment and share it with your friends… it helps so much more than you might think!

Instead of uploading a standard lyric video, I tried to find stock footage that suits the vibe of the song. Let me know if you prefer this type of video over the usual artwork videos I post.

Meaning of the song (for me):
This one is pretty personal, so here’s the backstory behind the lyrics.
After finishing school, I worked part-time at a supermarket for 8 years, always with one goal: to eventually quit and live off music. Long story short.. I quit my job 3 years ago and have been making a decent income ever since, purely from music.

But as my income grew, I realized I had to ask myself the most important questions all over again: “What is my goal?” “What kind of music do I want to make in the long run?” … “What should I become?”

For context: I sang on a lot of tracks for DJs and even started my own DJ project back then, simply because it was bringing in the most money. About a year ago, I started shifting my focus back to this project. It was a risky move, and I invested a lot of time and money to make it happen independently.. but it was sooo worth it.

For the first time, I gained real fans, and no label was telling me what kind of music I had to make. It’s a privilege to be able to do this. I mean, I worked in a shitty supermarket for a loooong time, and no one believed I’d ever be able to quit.

But I also realized it was kind of silly to think that making enough money with music would solve all my inner conflicts. Out of that spirit and those thoughts “what should I become" was born.

I don’t know if any of you even care about this kind of stuff, but if there’s anything you can take from it, it’s this: Never stop dreaming, because everything’s possible. And always ask yourself… “What should I become?”

What should I become

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Living somewhere between The NeverEnding Story and The Chronicles of Narnia, “Find Me” tells the story of a youthful promise, a secret hiding place, and the years in between.

FIND ME
©2025 Brian Hazard (ASCAP) & Rainer Aschemeier (GEMA)

You know me
I’ll chase a shooting star
Even when it disappears

A childhood pact
A test of loyalty
We’ve endured for all these years

Beyond the wasteland dune
In the lair of the dragon rune
Under the mighty sea
Will you find me?

In the eye of the hurricane
In the notes of the last refrain
Inside the lion‘s den
Will you find me?

A secret place
We never said out loud
Where we vowed to meet again

I hold on tight with all my might
Somehow I still believe in magic
And reckless schemes

Far from the land where we began
Somehow I still believe in magic
And whispered dreams

COLOR THEORY
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Find Me

Quicksand

from the album The Falkon - Hates Everyone

The Falkon - Static In Motion

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Waveshaper - Endless Journey

Crockett's Theme

Somehow I never outgrew the 80s.

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