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Turn

by The Ferenjis

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rettisawesome Turn is The Ferenji's most mature album yet. It lacks the flashiness of their past releases but favors cozy vibes and broad textures. There is something to love in every track whether it's the evocative and honest lyrics, their groovy, poppy guitar leads, their dreamy keyboards, or tight and punchy rhythms.

The album is clean, crisp, and a joy to listen to whether driving on a sunny day, or chilling at home on the couch. Favorite track: Mutual Friends.
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1.
Made up rules partnered with empty youths You could see the heavy days under eyes And reason why I never cry Find a clue, rearrange a book or two Advertise the better side of myself So no one has to see my health Spill the thought I’ve been looking for Looking for a better time One or two years of looking up to you Glad it’s finally over now It made sense to put up with the consequence Made up words partnered with empty verbs I could see the effort put into place But you had someone just in case Spill the thought I’ve been looking for Looking for a better time Spill the thought I’ve been looking for Looking for a better time ~ Bridge ~ Spill the thought I’ve been looking for Looking for a better time Spill the thought I’ve been looking for Looking for a better time Spill the thought I’ve been looking for Looking for a for a better time
2.
Re: New 04:40
I always drown myself for everyone Feelings had their place but now they’ve come and gone Never thought of changing my looks But I might have sorta lied Looking forward to the days of harmony Mind and soul, all full and whole, gradually Never thought to reinvent myself But I might have sorta liked it Brought light into the darkness Raised a voice to meet the silence Pushed hard against these tyrants Allow our hearts to crave the defiance There’s comfort in these habits It’s all that we knew Find shelter in the dreams that we wish were true The world is moving forward and I’ve found my-self One step behind Feel that I’ve outgrown all of this frame of mind Long overdue, find rest, renew Draw the line Tracing out a place for me But I gotta take it in strides Brought light into the darkness Raised a voice to meet the silence Pushed hard against these tyrants Allow our hearts to crave the defiance Over 31 years old And I’m still trying to find my voice Raised in internet land With unlimited choice Phased out the old model And I gotta rejoice I’m feeling like a Rolls Royce on a hoist When I’m making noise Cause I’m constantly under construction To Function Better than I did the day before And I got the gumption Junctions coming up In just a couple more miles So I smile Cause deep inside I’m still a bit of a child Who believes in the magic of roads You don’t keep your feet out there, who knows Where you’re gonna end up, I send up A prayer to the heavens Cross my fingers for lucky sevens And roll Yeah I believe in the magic of roads You don’t keep your feet out there, who knows Where you’re gonna end up, I send up A prayer to the heavens Cross my fingers for lucky sevens And roll, now let’s go
3.
Why Wait 04:07
You just gave the look That takes over me Innocence broke But I can't find the key For the doors I hide behind I write this song For a hundred times I don't have Much control Can I get you near? I have time For you So why wait? You're the perfect mess I've been looking for Emotions on your dress But from me you wanted more But I only wear The same old clothes So find me bare And pull me close I don't have Much control Can I get you near? I have time For you So why wait? Stuck in thought These words are never ending Holes in shoes Whose life am I living? Stuck in thought These words are never ending Holes in shoes Whose life am I living? Stuck in thought These words are never ending Holes in shoes Whose life am I living? Stuck in thought These words are never ending Holes in shoes Whose life am I living? I don't have Much control Can I get you near? I have time For you So why wait? I don't have Much control Can I get you near? I have time For you So why wait?
4.
Home 04:45
Oh, my hands start to freeze Please slam the breaks Cuz I’ll keep driving till I run off the road Who needs all these belongings when you’re mentally broke And my mouth keeps on running while my car keeps on stalling How will I reach home? Home, Home Home, Home Why can’t my car go the speed You always said you need Cuz I’ll keep on trying to be present my dear But the looks in my eyes can’t see anything near And my mouth keeps on running while the sky keeps on fogging How will I reach home? Home, Home Home, Home I’m going back home I’m going back home Don’t tell me what’s wrong cuz I’m going back home Home, Home Home, Home Home, Home
5.
Remember counting quarters Lost in the washer It was just a feeling Just a feeling Remember watching movies You always picked them It was just a feeling Just a feeling Remember going home and Telling your mother It was just a feeling Just a feeling Remember all the stories You took to Texas It was just a feeling Just a feeling Thanks for the guidance I need to find my way Let’s take this step by step To make this painless
6.
Soul 04:51
I wish I could get you back Could the light come through just a crack? But you can’t visit or tell your stories anymore I still believe it, you’ll be standing next door You had me so worried Grounding my whole body There’s something beautiful Guided by your soul House of jars and garden skills Stale TV and scheduled pills No more dinners with looks of fog in your eye No more traditions but I’ll always want pumpkin pie You had me so worried Grounding my whole body There’s something beautiful Guided by your soul
7.
Float 05:18
Gray skies, overcast giving me blue eyes Sparkle bright like cracks in a bottle, crooked lines I’m fine filling time with wine Filling my mind with fog and my blood with the fruit of the vine You spill a glass and it’s a mess when it comes out Put it to your ear and you can hear how the sea sounds When it’s alone, not a sailor to be found Out trying to find out whether it’s round Captain please, would you mind telling the breeze To hold off while I’m trying to light a match It’s not like I’m catching a disease from this fog that I’m breathing Just ignore the heaving Breakers roar, like gathered masses in a coliseum Set him up on the crest Where he’s his best and we can all see him Being transparent, yet still filled with flotsam Jets himself to the top and hopes he doesn’t get caught Man, it’s funny how we say things are funny when they aren’t at all But ultimately that’s our call Sounds like I’m trying to stall I just don’t want you to know how things are really going But you asked, so here it is, it’s wide open How did I get lost at sea? Let’s see if I can let go of everything on this boat To see if I can really float Anchors up, it’s time to find a new berth/birth Time to find out what all your pontificating is worth You can talk all you want, but that wind won’t fill the sails And your hull’s full of holes ‘cause you’ve been coughing up nails You’re keelhauled, six feet under the waves There’s no rest in a watery grave You feel small, like there’s no one left who can save Just go west, young man, and be brave That’s what they say, right? But the moonlight illumines a new plight The stars begin to fade and the Milky Way doesn’t look right And navigation is a fruitless endeavor When you’ve ended up God knows where And it feels like it’s been forever Never tell me the odds, because it will not change my behavior And at least I’ll have an excuse for my failures ages later If I stay ignorant and blissful Just cruise like a missile Drift in the stars’ general direction Just hoping to grab a fistful “Slipping through your fingers” is an old cliche But if you don’t reach, it can’t possibly end that way I told you it would be a mess But drink deeply, ‘cause this is me at my best How did I get lost at sea? Let’s see if I can let go of everything on this boat To see if I can really float
8.
If I Said 05:14
Why can't I Take my own advice That would've been nice When will I Get a grip on my life Maybe I won't try Feeling lonely Feeling dead I'd be lying if I said Feeling lonely Feeling dead I'd be lying if I said Why can't the world Be what I want it to be Let's bring down The governments before we drown What's left around Feeling lonely Feeling dead I'd be lying if I said Feeling lonely Feeling dead I'd be lying if I said Feeling whole and Feeling blessed I'd be dying if I said Feeling whole and Feeling blessed I'd be dying if I said Feeling whole and Feeling blessed I'd be dying if I said Feeling whole and Feeling blessed I'd be dying if I said
9.
Sandstone 05:03
It's been a couple hard years, if you're hearing this You probably know just what I mean All that we hold dear has been tested here And the results are troubling When the storm came through and the cold winds blew And the walls came crashing in All we thought we knew to be tried and true Demanded to be tried again Now the bottom's at the top, a generation in shock Breaking down like my first car And the sickening drop that feels like it never stops Yeah the floor never felt so far I never want to hate, but I can't stop the rage I'm a walking double-take, and I can't change So I just try to fake that I learn from my mistakes And maybe they'll give me a break Is my identity a ploy? Am I a sham? Am I a boy? ‘Cause I know I'm not a man Can I still live shen the foundation gives Or is that just who I am? Expect a real cold day in a real warm place When I say I'm giving up You got your pitcher full of fears, yeah anxiety and tears Go ahead and just fill my cup When the floorboards drift and we feel the shift Of the sand we thought was stone And we try to lift up out of this ditch We find we can't do this alone From the gutter to the top, yeah we stagger till we drop But we can't do this alone I never want to hate, but I can't stop the rage I'm a walking double-take, and I can't change So I just try to fake that I learn from my mistakes And maybe they'll give me a break Is my identity a ploy? Am I a sham? Am I a boy? ‘Cause I know I'm not a man Can I still live shen the foundation gives Or is that just who I am? If you can see me, let me know ‘Cause there’s no point in the usual show If there's no one around That I might run the risk of getting to know Feel like my head's about to blow, like I can't stand to see you go But simultaneously if you ask to hang out I'll say no If you can hear me, let me scream I haven't given up on my dreams But man, it seems like every institution made by man's a scheme But we all bleed and we all breathe, no matter who we choose to be And I refuse to crawl inside a hole or turn my back and flee I will not be the bitter broken cynic crushed beneath this world Clutching desperately to what I know with every finger curled I will not fall, and if I do, then I will rise and carry on I'm not defeated, I am not utterly destroyed I am not gone I never want to hate, but I can't stop the rage I'm a walking double-take, and I can't change So I just try to fake that I learn from my mistakes And maybe they'll give me a break Is my identity a ploy? Am I a sham? Am I a boy? ‘Cause I know I'm not a man Can I still live shen the foundation gives Or is that just who I am? I never want to hate, but I can't stop the rage I'm a walking double-take, and I can't change So I just try to fake that I learn from my mistakes And maybe they'll give me a break Is my identity a ploy? Am I a sham? Am I a boy? ‘Cause I know I'm not a man Can I still live shen the foundation gives Or is that just who I am?
10.
Thought I had my foot in the door Drinking clear mind and having conversations Finding new ways to stay calm in a storm There’s no way I’ll recognize my body I held my breath when I thought of you And I stood up straight covered in tattoos Eyes vignette and I still regret showing up I’ll blind myself to get the feelings right And my past won’t keep my emotions tight I need you gone but I really need you here She said: “Let’s just stay mutual friends” Thinking out loud I got nothing to fix Nothing more than a light six Left alone with just me and you The words you say hang around as true I held my breath when I thought of you And I stood up straight covered in tattoos Eyes vignette and I still regret showing up I lived with my entire life Convinced myself that I’m never right Now I’m 9 to 5 living life how I want to I said: “Let’s just stay mutual friends”
11.
On The Couch 04:08
On the couch in the morning In place I am running My scars aren’t golden Soon I will start folding I need to see my body through a different lens Maybe through morbid views of where it all ends I need to see my body through a different lens Nothing feels completely real Cleaned the house in the morning Bathed with the warm water running Read the text of gold and all my clothes are folded I need to see my body through a different lens Maybe through morbid views of where it all ends I need to see my body through a different lens Nothing feels completely real

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released April 9, 2022

The Ferenjis are:
Trevor Fischer ---- Vocals, Guitars, Cello
Andrew Norman ---- Keys, Synths, Organ, Drums
Peter Ellis ---- Bass, Drums, Vocals, Saxophone
Jason Pluemke ---- Drums, Bass, Vocals, Percussion, Keys

Recording, Mixing, Programing: Jason Pluemke
Vocal Editing, Additional Editing and Mixing: Trevor Fischer
Mastering: Stan Keightley Jr. at Vegetative State
Artwork: Andrew Norman
Photography: Kristin Norman

Recorded at The Ferenjis' very own studio!

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