Review Fix Exclusive: Of Clock and Clouds’ Joe Salgo Talks ‘Another Life’ And More

June 8, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Of Clock and Clouds‘ Joe Salgo, who discusses the band’s track “Another Life,”as well as their creative process and goals for the future.

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Joe Salgo: I had written an album’s worth of material and recorded these tracks with a friend of mine. Soon after, Ross and I met at his then current band’s show.  After the show we talked and realized that we were both born and raised in Brooklyn- which is a rare thing to find in NYC these days.  I asked him if he knew any drummers and he said yes- him.   We’ve been playing together ever since.

Review Fix: What are your goals for this album?

Salgo: World domination?

Nah, we’d like for as many people as possible to hear it. We feel very strongly about the songs and the work we put into writing, arranging, producing, tracking and mixing the album.  We feel that the vibe and feel of the record will resonate with a lot of people. There’s a little something for everyone on this one.

Review Fix: How was “Another Life” written? Is there a story behind it?

Salgo: “Another Life” is a breakup song through and through. Both Ross and I went through very difficult breakups while working on this record, and that is very apparent, in the lyrics especially. Essentially “Another Life” is about being with someone day in and day out and then one day they are completely gone from your life.

Review Fix: Is there another standout song on the album?

Salgo: We feel very strongly about all the tracks on Better Off.  I would say for me that the song “She Had To Go” is the standout track though. It has this Queens of the Stone Age meets MUSE vibe.

Ross likes the title track because it has this soulful and chill feel.

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

Salgo: For simplification I generally say we’re a psychedelic electronic rock band.  If they bite on that, I delve in and say how we’re kind of like the Black Keys meets Radiohead.  But that’s really just the tip of the iceberg.

Review Fix: What makes this album a special one?

Salgo: This album is a representation of have we’ve grown in terms of collaboration.  Many of the songs on the record came directly from these jams that happened between the two of us.  So there’s a sense of spontaneity to the songs on this album.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Salgo: We are releasing Better Off on July 15. Planning a summer tour. Shooting 2 music videos. And developing new material. The job of an independent artist never stops.

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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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