Last fall, Fred Mascherino (formerly of Breaking Pangaea, Taking Back Sunday, Brody, and Terrible Things, and currently of Say Anything and leader of The Color Fred) went on an acoustic tour performing songs from all of his various projects, and now he’s gearing up to release a new Color Fred EP, Re-Inventions, featuring re-imagined acoustic versions of songs from all five of those projects.

He released a new version of Brody’s 1994 song “Against Forgetting” in conjunction with the tour, and then a second track from the EP, “Worst Part,” the classic single from Breaking Pangaea‘s 2003 Phoenix EP.

Now he shares a Taking Back Sunday cover.

“‘Set Phasers to Stun’ was an early song we wrote for Where You Want To Be, which was my first album with Taking Back Sunday,” Mascherino says. “It was the album opener and always held a special spot for me. The fact that the album is 20 years old this year is crazy. I feel blessed and fortunate that people are still listening to it all these years later.” 

Taking Back Sunday’s album Where You Want to Be turns 20 years old this July. The song is currently available via digital streaming platforms.

Tour Dates at www.thecolorfred.com.

Photo by Cade Robertson