Review Fix Exclusive: Cardinals Pride’s Alexis Paré Talks ‘Those People Will Never Die’

Review Fix chats with Cardinals Pride’s Alexis Paré, who discusses the band’s new EP, “Those People Will Never Die,” as well as what musical acts inspire the band the most and their plans for the future. Prepared to tour, write and record extensively over the next year, Cardinals Pride is preparing themselves for breakout success.

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Alexis Paré: We are basically a bunch of friends from high school that played music in our drummer’s basement. We’ve always enjoyed our time spent together playing music or just hanging out so we decided to be a band and play shows.

Review Fix: What makes this EP special?

Paré: Good question here. It’s hard for me to define what makes this EP special or makes it stand out, but I guess I could say it is an EP that represents what we are capable of as a band and how diversified our influences are. The fact that we are French Canadiens also brings another perspective lyric wise as I like to juggle things around and use references of our own culture.

Review Fix: What’s the standout track on the EP? Why?

Paré: All the tracks are different. We wrote those songs knowing we would record a 5 song EP so we wanted every one of them to have their own identity/mood/purpose. I guess if you’re more into metal and metalcore you’ll like Refracted, but if you’re more into melodic hardcore, Bearers and Boundaries will definitely fit your taste. I’m Alright and Centuries Apart are my favorite though, I think you must hear those two songs if you want to understand the Cardinals Pride sound.

Review Fix: What did you guys learn about yourselves as musicians through this EP?

Paré: We learned how to write songs as a band. We’ve never had a solid process of writing before that EP. It’s amazing how things can progress and evolve quickly when you find an efficient way to work as a group. I don’t know about the other guys feel about their musicianship or their instrument skill, but I can say we usually write our songs slightly out of our comfort zone to push ourselves to become better musicians. I think you can definitely tell when you listen to our older songs.

Review Fix: What influences you guys the most?

Paré: Bands like Architects, Counterparts, Northlane and  Periphery are our main musical influences, but we all have different musical and artistic backgrounds.

Review Fix: How do you want this EP to be remembered?

Paré: I truly hope TPWND will be remembered as a good first release. I mean, we obviously were a band before, we’ve released music, we’ve played shows and we’ve done a few tours, but signing to New Damage Records brings us in a whole new level as a band. This EP should be the true starting point of what I hope will be a long career in the music industry.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Paré: Touring, writing, recording. Lots of things are going to happen in the next year. We’re also going to release a music video pretty soon so stay tuned!

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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