Review Fix Exclusive: Night Drive’s Brandon Duhon Talks Debut LP And More

Review Fix chats with Night Drive’s Brandon Duhon. who discusses the inspiration, goals and creative process behind the group’s debut LP.

About Late Night Drive:

Lots of eyes on this Austin/Houston based duo who also like to collect Sherlock Holmes radio programs from the 1930s and research Ancient Egyptian artifacts – their album has garnered attention from the likes of Paper, Spin, Billboard, Electronic Musician and more, plus they have hit the top of the HypeMachine charts several times in the last few weeks and had Classixx officially remix their lead track, “Rise and Fall.”

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Brandon Duhon: We met through a mutual acquaintance and immediately hit it off. We had similar tastes in art and music and decided to try out a project together. On our very first day writing together we wrote “No Plans” which is on our first EP.

Review Fix: What makes you guys unique?

Duhon: Besides the fact that we’re largely inspired by film and artistic mediums other than music, we also have a rudimentary secret language that we use to talk to one another when we don’t want onlookers to understand us.

Review Fix: What groups inspire you?

Duhon: Our musical inspirations span the decades. From Scott Walker to Tangerine Dream to Erik Satie to Cut Copy.

Review Fix: What makes this LP special?

Duhon: One unique aspect is that we do the entirety of the mixing and production ourselves. No one else hears the songs until they are complete and we send them out for mastering. This might be common with bands that are entirely electronic, but since we incorporate live guitar and bass, as well as live percussion, it’s a little more of a rarity. We want the vision to be entirely ours.

Review Fix: How was this LP written?

Duhon: Rodney tends to handle the bulk of the vocal composition and I tend to handle the bulk of the musical composition. But once the parts are there and we’re in the studio, the mixing and arranging process is 100% a collaborative effort.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Duhon: In July we have a tour on the west coast, and hopefully a tour overseas in the near future.

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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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