Review Fix Exclusive: Autumn Walker Talks ‘Step Back’ And More

June 28, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Texas four-piece Autumn Walker, Lodin Fortenberry, guitarist Cameron Barber, Drummer Dan Flynn and Bassist Mitchell Meitler to find out how the band was formed, their creative process and goals for the future.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Lodin: We’ve all been involved with music from a pretty young age.

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Lodin: Cameron and I have played in bands together for a while but we weren’t doing anything serious at the time. We had a mutual friend who introduced us to Dan and we started jamming, writing, recording and it turned into something more.

Review Fix: What are your influences?

Lodin: Anything from Pavement to Rancid to Alt Country.

Review Fix: What is your stand-out track on this album? How was it written?

Dan: Definitely one of our most stand out tracks is a song called “Barking at the Buddha”. It was written experimentally as an electronic demo song but quickly developed into something that we didn’t expect.

Review Fix: What makes your brand of music special?

Cameron: We feel like we branch out to a wide audience who are fans of rock and roll.

Review Fix: How was “Step Back” written?

Lodin: I wrote it in my RV which was located in the middle of the woods one night and we all just kind of built on it. It’s really a reminder to stop and smell the roses. A realization that everything you might long for or want is already here in front of you.

Review Fix: Why do you think people should enjoy it?

Dan: It’s a rhythmic and anthemic song with a nonchalant positive message. It’s just an overall chill song.

Review Fix: How do you want your music to affect people?

Mitchell: We just want people to enjoy the music and hopefully get something out of it that made them think in a different way.

Review Fix: What makes this album different from your previous work?

Dan: We took way more time on really shaping these songs and getting them to be the best they could. Conversations EP were the first songs that we played together. It was also one of the first records recorded at Firefly Sound Studio. Our band and Firefly was very young. Conversations EP began with Lodin and Cameron reconnecting and writing music together again after not hanging out for a short while.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of 2018?

Mitchell: Play a lot shows, write a lot of songs, make a lot of friends and kick a lot of ass.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Dan: Releasing the rest of the record, more music videos and more shows!

Review Fix: Anything else you’d like to add?

Lodin: At the end of the day, we just want to play music together.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 Articles
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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