Review Fix Exclusive: Wolfe Sunday’s Laurence Crow Talk ‘Damage Control’ And More

Review Fix chats with Wolfe Sunday’s Laurence Crow who discusses the band’s origin, creative process and goals.

Review Fix: How did Wolfe Sunday get together?

Laurence Crow: Wolfe Sunday really happened as a result of other bands breaking up. I was in a rough tough place in my life, in a really toxic relationship, living in a toxic place. I started writing the first few Wolfe Sunday songs as an escape from that, and I think it shows in the musical content.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Crow: Recently, I’ve been finding I’m most creative after shows. The last few songs I’ve written have been put together in the backseat of my car, at 1am, in the carpark of the venue I had just played. When that spark hits, you’ve just got to write. I’m always scared I’ll forget that one stand out line of lyrics that just went through my head.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song? How was it written?

Crow: I just put out a video for a track called ‘Damage Control’, which was on the label debut album we recently released. It’s a song that always goes down well at shows, it’s a about one massive party and the aftermath of that. The video was a really fun one to shoot, we filmed at a house party show in Nottingham, where the crowd really did go crazy. The track itself was written when I was going through a phase of only listening to a band called Gogol Bordello. They’re a gypsy punk band and sing a lot about partying hard, and I wanted to write a song that had the same amount of energy and good vibes.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the remainder of 2017?

Crow: I toured pretty hard through the summer, so the last few months have really been a bit of a reflection on that, and writing a few new songs. I’ve been demoing some new stuff which I’ve got some really big plans for. Watch this space!

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Crow: I want people to go away from my shows, or from listening to my record, feeling buzzed. It’s all feel good, positive stuff. I want people to party to what I do.

Review Fix: What’s next for Wolfe Sunday?

Crow: There’s definitely some big plans in the pipe works, some really cool new songs that I’m aching to show people. I’m also touring a few countries I’ve not been to yet, which will be fun! So yeah, as I said, watch this space!

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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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