Review Fix Exclusive: The American Scene’s Jeff Wright Talks ‘Haze’

September 22, 2014 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with The American Scene’s Jeff Wright, who discusses the band’s new album, “Haze.” A cool blend of both Indie and Alternative Rock, those who grew up on acts the likes of Brand New and The Strokes will definitely find something they like here.

Review Fix: What’s the band’s creative process like?

Jeff Wright: It’s similar to a UFO Sighting – Quick, mysterious and generally a grey area to the public.

Review Fix: How was the album’s title track written?

Wright: Haze was actually the only song written in the studio. It was the end of pre-production week and we decided to drop one of the songs we came it with. So we literally jammed for about two days on it and came up with Haze.

Review Fix: You guys have an impressive social media following. How much time do you devote to it? Do you think it’s an important part of the band?

Wright: We definitely devote close to zero time to it. Some people have told us that we even need to be “posting more on social media”. Most of the fans we have we harvested from steady touring for a couple years. We use twitter the most. Heard some sketch things about Facebook.

Review Fix: What song do you think has the best story behind it? Can you share?

Wright: “Drone” was the first song written on the record. We wrote it literarily surrounded by CDs and vinyl INSIDE of the pure noise records HQ.

Review Fix: What song do you think has the ability to grow on people the most?

Wright: “Nails of Love.”

Review Fix: Who are some artists that inspire you guys that people may not expect based on the way you perform?

Wright: Prince, Interpol, Fucked Up, 50 Cent, The National, The Strokes.

Review Fix: How would you say your live shows are different from your studio work?

Wright: We definitely practice restraint in the studio so that we can do some cool things in the live setting. But I’m not trying to give anything away.

Review Fix: For people that have never heard you perform, why should they check this album out?

Wright: “Haze” is a record that underlines everything that we are, as a band, at this very moment and it features some of the best material that we could come up with. Also, Charles plays a grip of dance beats. If you purchase the record and play it at above 135 dBu, you too can see what it’s like to freak out.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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