Checkered Past (EP)

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Checkered Past
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ReleasedFebruary 10, 2017 (2017-02-10) [1]
Genre Ska punk
Length15:43
Label Withyn/Columbia
Producer John Avila
Save Ferris chronology
Modified
(1999)
Checkered Past
(2017)
Singles from Checkered Past
  1. "New Sound"
    Released: 2017
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Checkered Past is an EP by ska punk band Save Ferris that was released on February 10, 2017, on Withyn Records. [2] The EP marks the band's first release in 18 years since 1999's Modified and their first since lead singer and founding member Monique Powell reformed the band with a brand new lineup after years of legal battles with the former members of the band. [3] The EP was produced by Oingo Boingo bassist John Avila and features a guest appearance by Neville Staple of The Specials on the EP's first single, "New Sound".

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Monique Powell, except where noted.

  1. "Anything" – 2:44
  2. "New Sound" (Powell, Patrick Ferguson) – 3:32
  3. "Golden Silence" – 3:08
  4. "Do I Even Like You?" – 2:32
  5. "Goodbye Brother" – 3:47

Personnel

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References

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  3. "Save Ferris – Checkered Past – Amazon.com Music". amazon.com. Retrieved 2017-02-25.