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Perennial

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    Soylent Green Recordings from Hamburg, Germany is proud to present Perennial on vinyl for the first time. This pressing comes in three different hand-numbered, silkscreened covers and on two vinyl color variants complete with alternate artwork from the CD release. Comes with digital download code and sticker.

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    Forfeit’s Perennial throws itself between heartache and hope with guitars tearing from delicate arpeggios to fuzzed out walls of sound, while desperate singing brings you inside the yearning of Perennial’s stories. This recalls the raw exuberance of the mid-90s midwestern scene, but isn’t nostalgia or imitation.


    Perennial barrels forward with breakneck speed. Wearing past and present influences on its sleeve, this album pays homage to Forfeit’s predecessors while definitively carving out their own sound and place among their peers.


    Taking the title of Perennial literally, this is an enduring record: one that is both familiar, new, and everlasting.

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    1 / clear with black smoke (silver missprint cover)
    2 / black vinyl (test press cover)
    10 / test pressings with alternative cover
    13 / clear with black smoke (white cover) *friends press*
    50 / black (gold cover) - SGR exclusive
    50 / black (silver cover) - Forfeit exclusive
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1.
Remains 03:33
in silence i decay waiting for you carrion in my garden of sorrow you wore a wreath of flowers like the ones i grew always in bloom thinking of you my skin is weathered from the cold (i've become something pitiful, i've been fading) turning to stone a statue now here forever with my gaze on you over time i crumble and i fall in silence i decay
2.
Perennial 03:33
put me on a shelf in the back of your mind as the dust collects, run your fingers over my spine help me feel some kind of life the light that i can see in your eyes left me long ago, but when I see you it burns like your heavy thoughts (all these “what ifs” and “can’t forgets”) i am weighing you down like a tragic death, some things are better left unsaid another sleepless night is proof while you cry and whisper: "restless spirit, why’d you bring me here? restless spirit, why’d you appear?" a reminder of what we can’t deny: some things cannot die, they just grow (pulled the thorn out of your side. the bleeding didn’t stop, it just got worse.)
3.
Moirai 03:39
set out into the night guided by the truth of the moonlight and you hope springs eternal, but i have none as i look up and realize that we see the same sky but from different stars home will never be where you are why are you so far? the lights went out now i understand your pain from carrying this cross that's now on my back as i look up and realize that we see the same sky but from different stars home will never be where you are grief and relief, blurring in time the words we said are now worth nothing under a weeping willow we will meet (flowers on your grave mimic what i can't say) bathing in dirt, sound asleep lay your bones on mine intertwined with this last caress in death i am yours
4.
Come Home 03:20
time passed, and you so composed and resilient never did want anyone to do anything for you (so is this okay?) angels in skin always within, standing around your bed as they wait, disintegrate, come home weak from the disease and I couldn't bare the sight as you told me not to worry a smile and wink, final goodbyes your love is beside you now though you cant speak, you both know it’s time (hands clasped, eyes closed, praying for anything but this) let the pain subside come home
5.
The Descent 03:36
i hold my breath i choke words back mismanaged impression an ending sense of satisfaction what are we holding on for? i lift the veil and stare into the abyss it just stares back at me i looked for a heaven and only saw crows i looked for a silver lining but only saw shadows sky singed grey faded days replay somewhere between heartache and longing, we reside a tarnished memory hanging on a waning moon, it illuminates nothing nothing left here giving up on everything i am shaking, i can't breathe to dream, to sleep, the abyss just keeps calling
6.
Vanitas 04:08
ethereal impressions, crushing reality human nature, you and me shades of red, all violent hues, subside until all i feel are blues as dust gathers and surrounds, preserving me safe and sound sealed in a room of a house that you don't live in anymore you never did my petals fade when faced away from the light close the blinds, put me out of sight through the years i will remain a single tear, the view is always the same faith shaken to the core i’m a distant star you don’t wish on anymore but i wanted to believe now I believe in nothing except what you showed: betrayal is constant, and i am truly alone you got what you wanted
7.
Caving 03:46
overwrought from this overdue conversation rehearsed in my mind, but still unprepared you looked up at the stars, felt how infinite they are (my fall from grace) extend that to us (how could I know) feelings and capacities grow (that you'd remain?) wishing we could collide (somewhere between) when our orbits pass (waking life and my dreams) i am a grain of sand (under a fall moon) as you sift through these feelings (sadness and regret) lost in time (looked beautiful through the eyes of you) i lost you to time lie to me, please tell me that i am wrong shudder to think, but i can’t stop now promise me one thing you’ll always feel this way trading sanity for clarity (i confess but no one believes me) we should have known a lifetime wasted (lost in the space of distance and time) no end in sight i'm caving
8.
Ascension 03:33
icons of sadness and saint "woe is me" these are my saviors a religion based on suffering and i have not found salvation in anyone but you so does that make me holy? and are you an answer, or another test of my faith? performing my own stations of the cross i think about what could have been focus on the hurt now (weep as the lord did) embrace the void my sacred heart burning bright this is what keeps me up at night: i worshiped someone once but she drove you away made you take an oath of silence denied you the next day i don't believe in god anymore, now there is only you
9.
Witness 04:15
with grace I try (drive them in so deep) to understand the truth (your wall starts to crack) you wrapped in a lie (i'm your butterfly) that brought us here (under glass) with my palms out bending to your will standing silent as i receive my nails hang me on your wall in the room where you hide smile while you forget all of the reasons why but I remain composed, i no longer cry you can’t when you’ve been let down this many times future looks so grim as the days just slip away weeks turn to months, months turn to years, as your inaction says more than your words did the rain falls heavy now, i’m an animal with no ark in sight i don't care if i die unable to move (forced to witness) color leaves my eyes (you carry on your life) i don’t care if i die
10.
Illusory 03:28
i thought you could be straight with me but like everything else, i was wrong cold air can’t burn the coldest of hearts signals missed and false starts say “i do” say that you miss me too and I’ll pretend that you mean it january brings new air but these old habits won’t loosen their grip as they choke any semblance of life from me i hope you’re happy, at least one of us should be a dog wandering on the street you walked with me, gave me scraps to eat (words too blunt to cut, words too blunt to cut your worm still in my gut, i used to think this made us close) a silent goodbye i’ll try to understand that feelings are fleeting and sometimes we say things that we don’t mean i thought i meant something more to you but i am just a stray and it’s time for me to move on
11.
Fractured 02:04
it comes in waves, through peaks and valleys unattainable and unrequited a secret kept for far too long i've been held captive but, now I'm fashioning knots from my sheets the guard's not looking, so it's time to escape i'm on my own two legs hoping that this neck will break sweet freedom, come to me let this be my last mistake
12.
locked jaw from stressful sleep in my dreams there’s no peace can’t escape this sickening reality this hurt invades me your warmth evades me you’re blissfully unaware at least you pretend to be am i dying, did you do this to me? i’ve been keeping busy collecting all the teeth you pulled confessions made just for the pain just for the look on my face when i’d realize you’re just a devil in disguise angels cry raise me erase me i spend days gazing longingly at the sun pretending I am capable of feeling warm you’re blissfully unaware at least you pretend to be i am dying why did you do this to me? my body as a house for flies embrace their halo, reject life

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released June 22, 2017

Recorded and Mixed by Andy Nelson at Bricktop
Mastered by Brad Boatright at Audiosiege
Artwork by Zak Maybaum
Layout by Jillian Rahn

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