Review Fix Exclusive: Bryan McPherson Talks ‘Wedgwood’

May 31, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Los-Angeles based, Boston-bred folk-punk troubadour Bryan McPherson, who is on the heels of the release of his third album, the dynamic Wedgewood via O.F.D. Records on June 10  Melding Americana, folk, alternative, and punk into one incendiary, incisive sound, Bryan pays homage to influences such as Bob Dylan, The Sex Pistols, The Violent Femmes, Bruce Springsteen and Ani DiFranco.

Wedgewood is available for pre-sale here.

For more information on McPherson, head to his official site,  www.bryanmcpherson.com

Review Fix: What’s special about your album Wedgewood?

Bryan McPherson: What is special for me about this record is that it feels like a complete record. It tells a story.  The songs all tie in.  It also captures the esthetic of the mountains and the fire and revolution that is in the album. It is a complete package not just a collection of songs.

Review Fix: What did you learn about yourself from this album?

McPherson: I learned that you can use the fire and the fire can use you up.

Review Fix: Were there any hurdles along the way?

McPherson: The entire process was series of hurdles. I think everything in life is, if you choose to go your own way.  Everything is new.  I am indie so I had to spearhead the entire process, from finding the studios and the players, to how I wanted to produce the songs.   It was especially challenging because I was living and traveling all over so a lot of the accompanying sessions were done on the road.

Review Fix: Who influences you the most musically?

McPherson: Lately I’m not sure.  I have been listening to a lot of Bill Faye and Tom Waits.  More piano based stuff.  In the past, a lot of punk rock bands, and folk artists.

Review Fix: How was “Born on a Highway” written? Is there a story behind it?

McPherson: Like I write most songs, I just coughed it up one day after a tour. I see that song as about traveling musicians and about just humans and life in general.

Review Fix: What’s next?

McPherson: I’m playing in Austria tonight in the mountains.  After that, Germany, and then England and then America. After that, who knows.

Photo by EA Zimmermann

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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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