Review Fix Exclusive: Kinley Talks ‘Washington’ And More

March 10, 2020 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Kinley to find out all about her newest single, “Washington.”

Review Fix: What does music mean to you?

Kinley: Music is integral to my well being. I write it to understand my own feelings. I write it to feel good. I listen to other peoples music to pump me up or to relax me. Music is my business but also my pleasure! Haha. It’s true though. I learned at a young age that music is a universal language and I think that’s one of the most beautiful things about it.

Review Fix: What makes this band special?

Kinley: I have only performed one song live as KINLEY. It was the East Coast Music Awards show. It was my dream band. My soul sister Mara Pellerin played keys and sang backup, Colin Buchanan (who produced the album) played bass, Aaron Comeau (who played guitar on ‘Washington’) played guitar, and my dad (accomplished drummer Alan Dowling) played drums. It was a dream to play with them. They are all such great humans and amazing musicians.

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

Kinley: My sound has been described as ‘tropically tinged indie-pop’. I would say that holds true for my upcoming album. There are a few more rocking tunes and a couple more folky vibes as well this time. 

Review Fix: How are your live shows different from your studio work?

Kinley: Surprise! I don’t play live shows. I have played for many years touring with other bands and sometimes still do. I don’t feel the pull of the road for my own material. I am very content to be at home, where I can write more songs.

Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?

Kinley: ‘Washington’ After attending the Womens’ March in Charlottetown on January 21, 2017,  a friend of the family told me I should go write about what we saw. I went home and watched hours of live footage from the Womens’ March in Washington happening the same day. I wrote this song to do my part in the fight for equality. It’s time that womxn finally rise up together and be heard and act however they want, not how someone tells them to act. Love conquers! I entered and  won the Women’s Freedom Song Contest, an international songwriting contest to “find the next female anthem”. I recorded this song on an album with Dennis Ellsworth called, “Everyone needs to chill out.” My mom always said more people should hear this song so I recorded it again, with a different feel. 


Review Fix: What are your goals for 2020?

Kinley: I really love writing songs and I intend to keep writing this year. I would love to  have my new album in  tv and films. I love the marriage of film and music. 

I have a side company of recording violin and viola on other peoples’ albums. I have a home studio and can record on other artists’ songs and email them back to them. I am looking forward to working with other artists in this manner. 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Kinley: Well I just found out that my boyfriend and I are getting reno-victed from our apartment. That means that the owners of the building are evicting us, renovating the apartment, and will increase the rent to something we (and the other tenants) can no longer afford. This has been happening a LOT in Charlottetown and to many of my friends. Coupled with the incredibly high number of air b and b’s in the city, where people rent their otherwise unoccupied dwellings to tourists mostly in the summer months, there are a dwindling number of available places to live. And those places have spiked their rent because they can. None of this seems fair but there are no rules put in place in PEI about the number of Air b and b’s an individual can own. Soooo, my boyfriend and I are looking for a place to live in the next 70 days. I guess I’ll be fighting for housing rights. It’s funny since on my last song, ‘I’ve got money coming’, there is a line about the housing crisis, “No room for anyone else right now, locked ourselves unto our beds. Never thought that it would come to this, guess I took my home for granted.” How fitting that I got my eviction notice two days before my album comes out.

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

Kinley: In the near future: 

I teach weekly violin lessons at Holland College. 

I’m looking forward to filling in with Atlantic String Machine at the Canadian Folk Awards.

Heading to East Coast Music Awards to play violin with my boyfriend Dylan Menzie’s band. 

Making a music video with Jenna MacMillan in the spring for my single, ‘Run With You’. 

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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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