On August 23, 2007, the Color Fred announced they had signed to Equal Vision Records; alongside this, "If I Surrender" was posted on their Myspace profile.[4] On September 26, 2007, Bend to Break was announced for release the following month; alongside this, the track listing and artwork were posted online.[5] On October 12, 2007, "Get Out" was posted on Myspace.[6]Bend to Break was made available for streaming through Myspace, before being released through Equal Vision three days later.[7] It was released in digipak style on "a minimum of 80% post-consumer waste recycled paper".[8] "I like to keep everything I do as close to carbon footprint zero as possible," Mascherino said. "The guys at Equal Vision had to search far and wide to make my packaging goal a reality. But it’s well worth it. It’s really important to me and if everyone else did it, it would make a big difference."[9]
In November and December 2007, the band supported Straylight Run on the headlining tour of the US.[10] On November 28, 2007, a music video was released for "If I Surrender".[11] In February and March 2008, the band supported Angels & Airwaves on their headlining US tour.[12] In early April 2008, the band appeared at the Bamboozle Left festival.[13] Later in the month, the band went on a US tour with Chiodos and then a tour with MxPx, and appeared at the Give it a Name festival in the UK.[14][15][16] Following this, the band performed on the Warped Tour between June and August 2008.[17][18] In October and November, the band supported Hawthorne Heights on their headlining US tour, titled the Never Sleep Again Tour.[19] An acoustic version of "Complaintor" was posted on the group's Myspace profile on March 16, 2009.[20]
