Review Fix Exclusive: Goosebump’s Paul Erlichman Talks ‘She Don’t Say Goodbye’

Review Fix chats with Goosebump’s Paul Erlichman, who discusses the band’s new EP and track ‘She Don’t Say Goodbye’

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Paul Erlichman: Neil and I have known each other since we were 14, so we’ve been writing songs together forever. Goosebump is just the latest incarnation of that songwriting partnership. We met Mike a couple years ago and found in him a kindred spirit. Anh we’ve known for less than a year now, but again: kindred spirit. Lot of kindred spirits out there.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Erlichman: Normally one of Neil or I will come to the other with an idea, either lyrics or a bit of music and we expand from there. Recently we’ve been writing more together from the beginning of a song, and it’s having some weeeeird consequences. Our creative process isn’t very careful. It’s mostly to throw things at the wall and see what sticks.

Review Fix: What makes “She Don’t Say Goodbye” a special track?

Erlichman: Neil wrote almost all of She Don’t Say Goodbye. I think Neil writes some real special songs sometimes and this is one of them. It was one of his most fleshed-out arrangements and I think we pull it off quite nicely.

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

Erlichman: I never know what to say, so I say we’re a nice band.

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2018?

Erlichman: We’re releasing our LP “Goosebump by Goosebump” on Pleasence Records July 6, and we will be touring a bunch this summer to support it.

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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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