Review Fix Exclusive: Last Snow’s Kay Trust Talks ‘Right Now’ And More

Review Fix chats with Last Snow’s Kay Trust, who discusses his origin in music, as well as his creative process and the band’s new single, “Right Now.”

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Kay Trust: All three of us started playing music at a young age. Kay Trust played violin as a child, and started trying to form rock bands by the end of highschool. David Jay’s father played guitar in bands. As a result, David picked up a guitar early and began playing. Tony also started his musical journey fairly young and has made a wild journey through several bands! So we all had the rock band dream in highschool I suppose. 

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Trust: Our creative process is varied. Many of our songs were written by individual band members, and I would say the most common process has involved developing music followed by writing lyrics. There have been a few exceptions where lyrics came first though. There are also a few songs that we all wrote together as a band. In the end, I think we just try to let inspiration hit us in whatever way it chooses. We let that lead us through the creation of the song. 

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Trust: Well, there is no short answer. Of course we are inspired by countless musicians who have come before us! Specifically though, I think many of our songs are inspired by emotion and feeling. The human condition and love, hate, betrayal, sadness, and failure have all led to inspiration in our music. In a few cases we have also been inspired by other non-musical works such as Star Wars, and Dracula though. So we don’t necessarily limit ourselves. The universe is an immense place from which to draw inspiration! 

Review Fix: What does music mean to you?

Trust: Music means everything. It is comfort. It is an outlet for emotions. It is motivation to accomplish or overcome. It is expression and it is therapeutic. Music can be anything and everything really. 

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

Trust: A friend put it best when he described us as raw melodic hard rock with front and center bass playing. We draw musical inspiration from so many places that I don’t think it’s possible to make a direct comparison to just one other band. We play what we feel and what we like I suppose.

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

Trust: I would say they are fairly similar. We have made a point of keeping our recordings raw. People have commented that our recording has the feel of a live album. That’s what we wanted. We want it to feel like real rock n roll, not Top 40. I suppose the one difference would be that there is regularly a second guitar part on our studio albums. However, we are a three piece band so there is no rhythm guitar under the guitar solos when we perform live! 

Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?

Trust: Our song “Right Now” was actually inspired by Dracula. The chorus was built around the moment in the film where Bela Legosi says, â€œListen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021?

Trust: I think our goals are similar to most bands at this point. We want to get out and play again. The shutdowns have been really hard on a lot of people both financially and emotionally. Our goal is simply to get out there and play some rock and roll again!  It’s been too long!

Review Fix:  What’s next?

Trust: Hopefully, we will keep playing music and even have some fresh new material recorded in the future! We definitely have some songs brewing and forming in the mists around us!

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

Trust: Yes! Don’t let rock n roll die!! When things open back up around you, go see your local bands!!! There is so much amazing music out there and not all of it is on the radio!

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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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