Review Fix Exclusive: The Persevering Promise’s Jesse Barton Talks Halloween Party Tour

Review Fix chats with The Persevering Promise’s Jesse Barton, who discusses the band’s upcoming Halloween Party Tour, as well as the original of their most recent single, “Annabel Lee,” off their debut album, “An Illusion in Shambles.”

Review Fix: How did the band come together?

Jesse Barton: The Persevering Promise is comprised of five best friends, who’ve known each other for years. We all played in various local bands in the Pacific Northwest, and when those depleted, we started this project.

Review Fix: For those that haven’t heard the band yet, what do you guys think you sound like?

Barton: We are most often referred to  as a Post-Hardcore/Metalcore band. Similar to As I Lay Dying, but also similar to bands like Silverstein and blessthefall. Our style is very metal oriented, but we have both clean vocals and screams in our music.

Review Fix: Who have influenced you guys the most musically?

Barton: I believe it varies for every member. But we are all simply influenced by GREAT music, and musicianship.

Review Fix: What makes “An Illusion in Shambles” special?

Barton: An Illusion in Shambles is a record about loss, distrust, betrayal, revenge, but above all, it is about hope. We use our musical platform to give our listeners a sense of belonging and understanding in a time of need. Each of us have been in places in our lives in which music was the only sense of security we could hold on to. With An Illusion in Shambles, our only goal, was to give that to our listeners.

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

Barton: Off the freaking wall! We have been on the road the majority of 2014, and The Halloween Party Tour, this October, will be the tour that wraps up our year of touring, so we plan to finish it out with a bang. Maybe even a new song or two. ;-)

Review Fix: How was “Annabel Lee” written?

Barton: Annabel Lee, was written straight from my heart. The song is about a relationship I had with a person very close to me, that quickly turned into a bed of lies and deceit. The first half of the song is an expression of the frustration and disbelief I felt during the months, if not, years after. And the second half of the song returns full circle to the basis emotion of the song, and that is the unharness-able capabilities of lust.

Review Fix: How did it feel to work with Chad Ruhlig, Ronnie Winter and Shawn Spann?

Barton: On An Illusion in Shamble, we were able to work with some truly amazing musicians one on one, and it was unreal. To be blessed enough to have Ronnie Winter of RJA do a song with us, really brought us back to our roots, when we were just young lads, first dipping our toes in the waters of modern day metal music.

Review Fix: What are the band’s goals moving forward?

Barton: Our band, The Persevering Promise, is all based around one idea, perseverance. To keep at something, no matter how hard it may be, until you’ve reached the heights you set out to achieve. Our only goal as The Persevering Promise, is to take this as far as we possibly can. We’ve spent 3 summers on Warped Tour, played Dirt Fest with Killswitch Engage, made Billboard Charts, etc. We only plan to keep this vessel moving forward. Faster and stronger.

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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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