Tiger Blood!

We've Got To Love

Beautiful Blue

Dreams

Dreams (feat. Max Cruise)

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

Earlier this year, German film director and longtime Color Theory fan Louis Bennies asked me to produce an end credits song for his upcoming film Signals.

The film tells the story of a high school boy with autism who falls in love with a girl who sees him for who he is, despite others labeling him as “weird.” The song began to take shape after a Zoom conversation where we discussed the broader themes of love, identity, and standing up for yourself.

It wasn’t until I watched a rough cut of the film that the direction for the track truly came into focus. A pivotal gym scene, where the protagonist confides in two older mentors while hitting a punching bag, became the emotional core of the track.

PUNCHING SHADOWS
©2024 Brian Hazard (ASCAP)

Lace up my gloves
Check my stance
Alone with my shadow
Ready to dance
It’s about time
I stood up for myself
Roll with the punches
Come out of my shell

I’ll protect my face
Keep the weight on my toes
Try to find my reach
When I’m punching shadows
No it’s not your fault
That you don’t understand me
When I’m punching shadows
(gotta fight my fears)
Punching shadows
(through the sweat and tears)

Falling in love
With every strike
A heart that knew only darkness
Suddenly light
Growing into
A new identity
A man with a future
Set finally free

If they only knew
How I see the world
And my place within it
Let me find the words
I just need a minute
You know it’s not my fault
That I don’t understand you
So I’m punching shadows

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Punching Shadows

Fade Out

Fade Out (feat. Shred Krueger)

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

“The Curve” is my favorite of the four tracks I sang on for the upcoming Second Complex album. It harkens back to the classic synthie-pop sounds of the 2000s from bands like Camouflage, De/Vision, and Wolfsheim.

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The Curve

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
@colortheory
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Where Tigers Are Said to Roam

Gryff - The Feeling (Feat. Seersha)

HeartBreaker

Download here: https://kalax.bandcamp.com/album/resurface

Sealed My Fate (Out of Time: Part II)

AI takes you back to the neon nights of the 80s–90s

Moonlit Echoes

Somehow I never outgrew the 80s.

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