"New Sound" from the EP Checkered Past

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Save Ferris is a ska-punk band formed in Orange County, California circa 1995. Led by the inimitable front-woman Monique Powell, the band enjoyed mainstream success in the late 1990s with radio hits, constant touring and appearances on a variety of television shows and movies including 10 Things I Hate About You. 

After almost fifteen years, Save Ferris will make their long awaited return to the music scene in 2017.  Following a successful PledgeMusic campaign, the band’s new EP - Checkered Past - will be released on February 10th. The EP, produced by Oingo Boingo bassist John Avila, embraces Monique’s ska and dub roots and also features a guest appearance by Neville Staple of the Specials on the first single “New Sound.”

February 10th also marks the start of the band’s first full tour of the United States. The tour will take the band’s energetic show around the country starting in Santa Barbara and finishing at the new House of Blues in Anaheim, California with support from Vista Kicks on the West Coast and Baby Baby on the East Coast.  

"Since this incarnation of Save Ferris first played together, the band and I have been working on new music, arranging schedules and selectively playing local shows to get ready for a tour. I have had to tell our fans to 'be patient, I promise it'll happen' for too long now! But now here we are. I can't believe we've made it this far....and now you get to see us in a town near you. For the first time in 15 years, Save Ferris is coming to get you! Are you ready?”

- Monique Powell

The past may be checkered, but there’s a new sound ahead for the new year!

New Sound (featuring Neville Staple from The Specials)

This is a song about the climate...and what kind of not-so-sci-fi shenanigans we may all find ourselves in, in the not too distant future. Lyrics below for further analysis!

WAITING ON THE WORLD TO BURN

Careful
Watch it
Cuz' nobody is on it
Who knows what's gonna' happen when the lights go out at first
Drowning
Or Fire
Right there in your apartment
The wind is howling out there and it ain't the big bad wolf

Goodbye to your Momma
Goodbye to your Papa
Goodbye to your doggy
Cuz' they're all gonna' burn
Goodbye to your house and
Goodbye to your car and
Goodbye to all your shit
Cuz' it's all gonna' burn

Waiting in the queue 
Get your water and your food
Make your way back to the compound
Past the mutants and the troops
Yes indeed your greatest fear
Don't you worry it's right here
In the eyes of your children in their smile and their fear

WAITING ON THE WORLD TO BURN

Crazy
And awful
All you own inside a duffle
Fleeing with the family on a vacation up north
Bloodshed
And violence
Part and parcel for the science
Now you lived to see it and the worst did come to worse

Goodbye to your lover
Goodbye to your brother
Goodbye to all your money
Cuz' it's all gonna' burn
Goodbye to your cell phone
Goodbye to your email
Goodbye likes and follows
Cuz' they're all gonna burn
Goodbye hopes and dreams and
Goodbye river streams and
Goodbye inner peace
Cuz' it's all gonna' burn
Goodbye to your Jesus
Goodbye sins and vices
Goodbye to death and life
Cuz' it's all gonna burn

Waiting in the queue 
Get your water and your food
Make your way back to the compound
Past the mutants and the troops
Gettin' late turn on the tube
Don't be out past the curfew
Presidente save us all
And he knows what's good for you
When the U.S. dropped the ball
When the Saudis lost it all
China bought up all the water
Sold it back at twice the toll
Yes indeed your greatest fear
Don't you worry it's right here
In the eyes of your children in their smile and their cheer

Whoa
It's not my problem it was never supposed to be my problem
Whoa
Fat and happy coco party lucky money go go shopping
Whoa
It's not my problem it was never supposed to be my problem
WAITING ON THE WORLD TO BURN

Whoa
It's not my problem it was never supposed to be my problem
WHOA

Waiting in the queue 
Get your water and your food
Make your way back to the compound
Past the mutants and the troops
Gettin' late turn on the tube
Don't be out past the curfew
Presidente save us all
And he knows what's good for you
When the U.S. dropped the ball
When the Saudis lost it all
China bought up all the water
Sold it back at twice the toll
Yes indeed your greatest fear
Don't you worry it's right here
In the eyes of your children in their smile and their cheer

WAITING ON THE WORLD TO BURN

"Fun Town" ... a story by Blood Alcohol

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