Review Fix Exclusive: Alex Bent Talks ‘Blonde American Girl’

May 20, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer songwriter Alex Bent, who discusses his new track, “Blonde American Girl.”

“Blonde American Girl” features a solo on trumpet by Bent’s grandfather, Thomas Cuthill, as well as performances by Saskatoon singer-songwriters Oliver Friesen and Sydney Edwards. 

“Blonde American Girl” will be available for purchase on limited edition cassette tape within the next month, watch for it on her upcoming album, “Dead, In The Water,” to be released for free this summer. 

Review Fix: What kind of music did you grow up on? How did it influence you?

Alex Bent: I grew up listening to classic rock and pop music. I was a big fan of KISS growing up. I feel like that really motivated me to do something bigger with music. I always wanted to be more than just a guy singing songs. I wanted people to understand that the presentation was all a part of it too. 

Review Fix: How was “Blonde American Girl written?

Bent: I started making the instrumental for the song in summer 2014. I was just getting into PARTYNEXTDOOR at that point and really liked that kind of vibe. Lyrically, the only purpose of the song was to paint a picture of an emotion I wanted to experience at that time. I borrowed certain details of people’s lives from different people I’ve met. I was never inspired by a specific person emotionally though. I just thought certain details of people’s lives were too good not to write about. I just wanted to help the listener believe that this story could be real. 

Review Fix: What was it like to work with your grandfather?

Bent: It was great. We’ve only played together a few times. Once for a recital I played in when I was younger. I just wanted something unique to put at the end of the song. I thought it would be a really special experience to have him on the song. 

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

Bent: Because it’s an ambient daydreaming anthem that you can find your heart in. 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Bent: An album called “Dead, In The Water” is completed and ready to be released. I’m just waiting for the right moment to put it out. I have to know that people want it and that it will reach a new group of people. Hoping to do some live performances 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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