REVIEW: Colorblind - Who Sold You This Truth ++ Was It Yours To Hold
- Lysandre Pons
- 2 hours ago
- 4 min read
Some bands spend years trying to find their sound. COLORBLIND seem more interested in finding out how many sounds they can seamlessly fit into one. On Who Sold You This Truth ++ Was It Yours To Hold, the Austin quartet leans fully into the push and pull of their self-described “dreamcore”, blending pop, electronic music, metalcore, hip-hop inspired rhythms, and atmospheric balladry into something that feels difficult to pin down (and all the more exciting because of it). Since forming in 2017, COLORBLIND has steadily carved out its own space in the modern heavy scene. But this record feels like another step forward, less concerned with defining exactly what the band is and more confident in letting them be whatever the song demands.
The opening track, Pressure, makes that clear immediately. It bursts in with the energy of an anime intro, carrying a dynamic mix of pop, electro and metalcore. It is fresh, restless and instantly grabbing the listener’s attention, pulling them into the record before they have much time to figure out where it is going.
Car Crash shifts into something dreamier, balancing pop hooks with deeper, heavier chords. The track also establishes Travis Moseley’s distinctive voice as a red thread, keeping us grounded through different territories. The dream goes deeper into exploring emotions with Needle Eye. Starting slowly and almost ballad like, it gradually moves into a much more vulnerable space. Moseley’s raw vocals carry a sense of fragility that gives a cinematic edge to the song, making it easy to imagine it as the soundtrack of a melancholic early 2000s film. It is the kind of song that creates its own little movie in your head as you listen and feels right away personal and intimate.
Chemical Warfare disrupts that softness by injecting a dissonant and languid rhythm to it. Turning heavier with the vocals pushing further into screams, it creates a contrast between melody and aggression, which is becoming one of the album’s defining characteristics.
On Letdown, pulsing synths sit alongside hard-hitting drums and lush harmonies, creating a layered backdrop that constantly moves the song forward. It feels like setting the scene to Misery Loves Company which takes things even further into the aggressive side. Electronic textures fuse with sharp instrumentation, creating a sound that feels noticeably different while also connecting. It builds momentum towards a memorable chorus carrying a sense of exhaustion and frustration. It is anthemic and catchy, in the way that has you singing along before it is even over. It instantly become something familiar that you carry around with you.
Incomplete adds some groove to elements found it Needle Eye without it feeling like a copy. Right after, Royal Blood maintains the record’s catchy energy with a chorus than almost feel like scene related, reminding us to expect the unexpected and trust the experiment. That becomes ever so clear on Neversleep, which brings a laid back, hip hop inspired beat before a punchy and mesmerizing chorus. The whole pacing of the EP also feels right with slower songs, such as The Countdown, coming in to force us to catch a breath and ensure that the next hard parts hit the way they should. The track feels soft and dreamy, with harmonies enhancing that. We believe that it continues in God Complex before it turns into one of the record’s heavier tracks. The chorus feels deeper and more textured while abstract guitar melodies, emotionally charged vocals and driving drums collide into something haunting and powerful.
Lost in Translation feels like a struggle to make something tangible out of confusion. It has a restless quality, as if the song is constantly searching for its footing while still pushing forward. Heavy Heart is perhaps more expected after this adventure but its catchy chorus. Meanwhile, Paradox lives up to its name, emphasizing highs and lows and giving the record another moment of depth and contrast.
We close things off with Cynical which is surprisingly soft, dreamy, and almost suspended between wakefulness and sleep. It feels like slowly drifting away at night, surprising by how sharply it contrasts with the high energy opening of Pressure. In a way, the album comes full circle, from waking up with an explosion of energy to being gently lulled to sleep.
That sense of cyclic movement is ultimately what makes Who Sold You This Truth ++ Was It Yours To Hold so compelling. COLORBLIND never seems interested in staying in one lane for too long. They float across heaviness and softness, electronic textures and detuned riffs, screams and vulnerable melodies, and all of that often within the same song. Rather than making the record feel scattered, those shifts reinforce the emotional honesty at its centre.
The band has spoken about not always knowing exactly what they are writing about until later, describing the process as something that simply flows out before its meaning becomes clear. It is that vulnerability that is audible throughout the album, creating something both fragile and strong at the same time. Its unpredictability doesn’t delve into chaos, it is catchy without becoming shallow and heavy without sacrificing its atmospheric side. Most importantly, it sounds like a band becoming increasingly comfortable with the fact that they do not have to choose just one version of themselves. And that might be their greatest strength, changing the question before you have time to settle on an answer.
Score: 7/10
Who Sold You This Truth ++ Was It Yours To Hold will be released on 28th August 2026 via Solid State Records.
Words: Lysandre Pons
Photos: Alexander Bemis
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