It spawned four singles; "Don't Wanna Fight" was the most successful, peaking at number two on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart.

[6] In promotion of Sound & Color, the group appeared on Saturday Night Live on February 28, 2015; they performed the singles "Gimme All Your Love" and "Don't Wanna Fight".

In 2017, the song "This Feeling" was used in the first season of the HBO miniseries Big Little Lies, and in 2019, it was used in the end scene of the final episode of the British TV show Fleabag.

The song "Sound & Color" was used in the end credits of the 2019 film Waves, directed by Trey Edward Shults and produced by A24.

[12] The "ballistic" "The Greatest" takes on cowpunk like that of the Meat Puppets,[19] as well as hardcore punk,[20] new wave,[21] proto-punk,[22] and "no-frills" rock and roll.

[9] Sound & Color digs its heels into more psychedelia-based stylings,[15][16][24][25] from the "slow-burning" space rock[26] of "Dunes" to the "celestial" psychedelic funk[18] of "Future People".

"[34] Barry Nicholson of NME compared it favorably to the band's first album, writing, "whereas their debut was cast in sepia hues and downhome earthiness, its follow-up is a more kaleidoscopic affair.

[35] * denotes an unordered list All lyrics are written by Brittany Howard, with help from Blake Mills on "Future People", "Guess Who" and "Gemini."