Review Fix Exclusive: Gillian Nicola Talks ‘Oh Marie’

March 29, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer Gillian Nicola about her new single “Oh Marie” and her upcoming EP, which is set for an April 15 release.

Review Fix: What inspired this new single?

Gillian Nicola: “Oh Marie” was inspired by a couple of different things – most obviously, it’s the story of someone who thinks they have their life worked out, but then realizes it wasn’t what they were looking for. It’s about getting in too deep with something and what happens when you remove yourself from that situation. As much as it is definitely a story about someone who makes a hard choice, it’s also about admiring the strength it took to change their situation.

Review Fix: How would you describe your sound to someone who’s never heard you?

Nicola: I’m a folk/rock songwriter, but I have a hard time sticking to that label. Sometimes I’m more alt-country, sometimes I’m more indie folk… the titles are somewhat silly to me. You’d probably like my music if you like songwriters like Kathleen Edwards, Ryan Adams, or Neko Case. I often write songs that have atmospheric aspects to them, but I like to have somewhat darker or contrasting aspects to the lead guitar parts. I am a classically trained singer, so I like to keep my vocals interesting and varied.

Review Fix: What musicians do you feel have influenced the most?

Nicola: When I was about 14, I discovered Janis Joplin – she was one of the first musicians who I just dove into their catalogue and went nuts about. That said, I definitely don’t sing her style of music. As a songwriter, I love Kathleen Edwards, Jenn Grant, Bahamas – all those Canadiana, indie folk kind artists. Canada has so much amazing music coming out of it these days that I never have to look too far to be inspired.

Review Fix: Give me your favorite song on your phone or iPod… that you’re scared to admit.

Nicola: Honestly, I don’t actually have anything that strange on my phone. I will be a Backstreet Boys fan till the day I die though.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Nicola: My full EP – No Place to Call will be coming out on April 15. I’m so excited. This has been such a work in progress for so long that it seems kind of strange that it’s going to be out soon, but I can’t wait for it to be out of my hands! I’m going to play a whole ton of shows this summer, and I’m really excited for that! I really want to sort out a tour for this summer, so hopefully that will happen too.

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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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