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Ferentz and the Felon’s ‘Hudson County’ Is an Ode to NYC’s Western Neighbor

<p><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-2326" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;rockthepigeon&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;04&sol;artworks-000322562584-lhz055-original&period;jpg" alt&equals;"artworks-000322562584-lhz055-original" width&equals;"1999" height&equals;"1999" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8216&semi;Hudson County&&num;8217&semi;&comma; the new Ferentz and the Felons song&comma; is a folky&comma; rock-tinged ode to to the ultra-dense New Jersey county across the Hudson River from New York City&period; Singer and lead guitarist Zak Ferentz&&num;8217&semi;s rough childhood&comma; drug addicted parents&comma; and running the streets&comma; in the county&&num;8217&semi;s housing projects is the song&&num;8217&semi;s primary lyrical focus&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s nice to see urban working class themes worked into a genre that&&num;8217&semi;s often explicitly rural&period; Ferentz&&num;8217&semi;s patient&comma; layered approach to songwriting comes through really well on &&num;8216&semi;Hudson County&period;&&num;8217&semi; The guitars are properly produced and well-performed and the rhythm section is right in the pocket&period; These guys clearly have a lot to offer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Here&&num;8217&semi;s the music video from YouTube&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span class&equals;"embed-youtube" style&equals;"text-align&colon;center&semi; display&colon; block&semi;"><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"IJV7UMJqIS4" data-param-rel&equals;"1" data-param-showsearch&equals;"0" data-param-showinfo&equals;"1" data-param-iv&lowbar;load&lowbar;policy&equals;"1" data-param-fs&equals;"1" data-param-hl&equals;"en-US" data-param-autohide&equals;"2" data-param-start&equals;"76" data-param-wmode&equals;"transparent" width&equals;"730" height&equals;"411" layout&equals;"responsive"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;IJV7UMJqIS4" placeholder><amp-img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;IJV7UMJqIS4&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover"><noscript><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;IJV7UMJqIS4&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" loading&equals;"lazy" decoding&equals;"async" alt&equals;"YouTube Poster"><&sol;noscript><&sol;amp-img><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Be sure to save the song to your Spotify songs or favorite playlist&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"embed-spotify"><iframe title&equals;"Spotify Embed&colon; Hudson County" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"380" allowtransparency&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" allow&equals;"encrypted-media" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;open&period;spotify&period;com&sol;embed&sol;track&sol;2dkrMoY81422UiwrFLhsQw&quest;si&equals;JUc&lowbar;tIPHQ9mlxY5eztKaag"><&sol;iframe><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Social Media&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artist-link"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;pg&sol;ferentzandthefelons&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;pg&sol;ferentzandthefelons&sol;<&sol;a><span class&equals;"artist-social-count small grey-text"><br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"artist-link">&NewLine;<p><i class&equals;"mrg-right-10 fa fa-instagram"><&sol;i><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;ferentzandthefelons&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;ferentzandthefelons&sol;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><em>&&num;8220&semi;All of my music is inspired by my life&comma; real situations that made me who I am&period; From watching my parents battle drug addiction to running the streets to earn a living&comma; this is a story about urban America that is best described as &&num;8216&semi;folk from the streets&period;'&&num;8221&semi; &&num;8211&semi; Ferentz <&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Written by&colon; Noah Zucker &sol;&sol; IG &&num;8211&semi; &commat;zucker&period;n &sol;&sol; Twitter &&num;8211&semi; &commat;zuckern13<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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