The genre-blurring alternative insurgents carving out a massive new lane between nostalgic grit and modern electropop are back to pull your strings! Hailing from Nashville, fast-rising alternative quartet In Color has officially unleashed their hypnotic new single and companion music video: “Marionette.” Released via Big Loud Rock, the track marks a thrillingly dark evolution for a band rapidly taking over the global underground.

• The Anatomy of a Sticky Obsession: “Marionette” confronts the terrifying, lingering ghost of an old flame with brutal emotional honesty. As the band explains, the song “encapsulates the feeling of remaining tied to a person after you’ve called it quits and tried to live life on your own—the way that your body remembers and stores experience even when you’ve done all the work to block it out of your brain.” Sonically, the track is an absolute masterclass in juxtaposition, expertly toeing the line between hard-hitting 90s trip-hop loops, sample-based textures, driving modern electropop, and moody 80s rock hooks that refuse to leave your head.
• A Raging Momentum: This new drop follows a monumental breakout stretch for the quartet. Fresh off scoring their first-ever No. 1 at Alternative Radio and storming the Top 3 of Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart with their smash debut single “Headlights” (off their 2025 debut EP Snow Day, which has racked up nearly 40 million global streams), In Color are firing on all cylinders.
• Conquering the Live Circuit: Following sold-out headline runs and a summer spent tearing up stages supporting Jutes, the band’s touring machine is unstoppable. Today, September 12, 2026, In Color joins Pierce The Veil for the grand finale of their I Can’t Hear You World Tour at San Diego’s iconic Petco Park. And they aren’t slowing down: a West Coast headline run is on deck, followed by a special fall show with Nightly at Brooklyn Bowl on October 30, and a massive November tour supporting The Maine.

The MusicWayATX Verdict: “Marionette” is a dark, sticky, and brilliantly executed triumph. In Color proves they are far more than a flash-in-the-pan radio hit—they are shaping up to be the defining alternative rock band of their generation.