Review Fix Exclusive: Rozu’s Tim Graham Talks ‘Faceless’ And More

October 15, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Rozu’s Tim Graham who discusses the band’s track, “Faceless,” as well as their origin and creative process.

Review Fix: How did this project come together? 

Tim Graham: Rozu came together with myself (vocals) and DJ Sundine (guitar) having this idea and vision for a band that just releases a lot of content and wanting to just write and continue writing. We put together a batch of songs back in 2017 and then decided to find the right members with similar drive and experience, being Henry Navarre (bass) and Brian Robertson (drums). From their we all just started writing and wanted to get all this content and material together before even speaking a word about the project.

Review Fix: `What’s your creative process like? 

Graham: We all have these different influences and we are a diverse band when it comes to our writing, so it kind of depends on the day. We just want to write music we want to write at that specific time so if we want to write a heavy ass song we’ll do it and then some days we wanted to write a beautiful acoustic song Just getting into the studio and creating art with a group of good like minded people is the best thing ever and we don’t want to constrict ourselves to a “specific” sound. You might hear something different from the previous song but you still know it is a Rozu song which is really cool.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song? 

Graham: I think out of the two songs we have out Faceless will be the stronger song. This is just the beginning though and it’s really hard to guess which will be the best song out of these 20 we have.

Review Fix: How was it written? 

Graham: Faceless was written in a pretty unique way, DJ and I would send ideas back and forth with out friend and producer Tyler Ruehl and in the end I flew out to San Diego to Tyler’s studio and we worked out the kinks and finalized and recorded the song. Having that outside person to tell you when a part sucks and makes it better was a truly ideal way for us to do it and get the best product for the fans and ourselves.

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

Graham: We are working on a few run of shows and releasing a few more singles throughout the remainder of the year and beginning of 2019.

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

Graham: I think we just want people to connect with it because I talk about a lot of the struggles I’ve had or have in my own life and always try to make light of a dark situation. The music is a bit darker than our previous projects but the messages are always uplifting in a way. We are writing music we want to write and if anyone connects with it then that is the true beauty of art.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Graham: We released Faceless on September 15th, and will begin shooting a couple music videos for the other singles to come.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14318 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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