Review Fix Exclusive: Polaris Rose Talks ‘Tigerbait’ and More

February 11, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Peter Anthony and Madelynn Elyse of Polaris Rose who discuss their single, “Tigerbait” and their upcoming album. After a busy 2015, the duo is geared up for an even more hectic 2016. Powered by solid musicianship and catchy hooks and nifty vocal harmonization, Polaris Rose definitely have a unique sound.

Review Fix: What inspired your new single Tigerbait?

Polaris Rose: ’TigerBait’ was just one of those songs that poured out of us.  I think we were looking for a way to express our feelings about how we all communicate with one another.  With all the clickbait and native advertising that pummels us each day, we can sometimes trick ourselves into thinking we have all the answers.  But we don’t believe that.  We think headlines are oftentimes misleading. News stories are less news and are actually just persuasive arguments.  Like everyone else, we read things by Buzzfeed and other sites, but we try to take it with a grain of salt.

Review Fix: What makes it different from your previous work?

Polaris Rose: We think that ‘TigerBait’ and the other songs on ‘Ocean Blue, Velvet Skies’ are a further refinement of what we tried to do with ‘Telescopes’ (our last record).  We wanted this record to have a ‘beach’ theme, so you’ll hear that in the arrangement.

Review Fix: Bottom line, why should someone check it out?

Polaris Rose: The message of the song is – we think – relevant to our shared experiences in the modern, clickbait world.  Plus, it’s a fun song.

Review Fix: How’s the new album coming along?

Polaris Rose: ‘Ocean Blue, Velvet Skies’ is all done!  And we’re super proud of it.  The album is the second part of a 6-part series and its set at the beach.  To execute the record, we brought onboard John Spiker (Tenacious D, Beck, Filter) to mix.  We also had Eric Boulanger (One Republic) to master.  They brought our vision to a higher place and we are so grateful to have had their help.

Review Fix: What can fans expect from it?

Polaris Rose: ‘Ocean Blue, Velvet Skies’ takes the sound of our last album ‘Telescopes’ and goes even deeper into our style of song composition.  Stranger chords, lots of harmonies, and driving guitars.

Review Fix: How has your creative process changed over the years?

Polaris Rose: It really hasn’t, ha-ha.  We still create the same way we did on our first EP.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2016?

Polaris Rose: Step one is releasing ‘Ocean Blue, Velvet Skies’ and all of its singles.  We will be playing around California and venturing just a little further east to some cities we’ve never been before.  We’re really excited for that!  Plus, we are already tracking our 3rd album.  Finishing it will be a big goal for us this year.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Polaris Rose: We have a lot on our plate these upcoming months.  Video shoots, editing, shows are LA… the actual album release in March.  Lots to do.  But we are excited by the response we’ve been seeing for ‘TigerBait’ and are excited for the coming months.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14225 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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