Review Fix Exclusive: Addison Hiller Talks ‘A Hot Second With The Velveteins’

Review Fix chats with The Velveteins drummer Addison Hiller, who discusses the creative process and goals behind the band’s new EP. “A Hot Second With The Velveteins.”

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Review Fix: How did you guys get together?

Addison Hiller: We all met through playing in different bands in the Edmonton music scene. 

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Hiller: Usually Spencer or I will have a rough sketch or idea of a song and bring it to the rest of the band. From there on out it’s just a collaboration between the three of us. We like to try songs out live before we record them to see what works.

Review Fix: Who influences you guys musically?

Hiller: Lots of people, our influences are constantly changing. A few staple ones would be pop acts from the ‘60s like The Beatles, and The Kinks, alongside cool modern psych bands like Tame Impala or Ty Segall.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of the year?

Hiller: Put out our full length album in the fall and tour Europe or Australia. 

Review Fix: What’s the standout song here? How was it written?

Hiller: Hard to say what the standout song is. People seem to like Monica Louise a lot and it was actually first recorded as a totally different song. At the end of the day when we listened to playback we realized it totally sucked. Lincoln, our producer, made one recommendation and we rewrote the song over the weekend. 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Hiller:We just filmed a video for Hanging from the Ceiling, we’re releasing a full length in the fall and touring internationally again. 

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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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