Review Fix Exclusive: Winterbeach Talk Creative Process and Goals

April 24, 2021 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with Winterbeach’s Angel (Bjarte Engelsen Syse) and singer Tiam (Truls Marius Aarra), who discuss the band’s origin and more.

Review Fix: How did the project start?

Tiam: We played together in another rock band project named Quiet Men earlier but soon learned that 5 band members were at least 2 too many! So we decided to split into two bands which also gave us the opportunity to focus on a fully synthetic route and clean away all traces of guitar. We have worked together as WinterBeach for 5-6 years now, and are really starting to find our shape.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Angel: Usually it starts with me drafting a song, which in turn has been processed by the band. Most of the time, the songs are without lyrics, which has given Tiam a lot of leeway with Mal McNaughton to write lyrics and to find or possibly change melody lines. Our drummer, Baz, creates the drum patterns. So it’s a complex process where we all help to create what will be the end result, but it also gives everyone an ownership of the song.

Review Fix: What’s your standout song? How was it written?

Angel: I think that question has as many answers as members of the band. We all have our special song. Personally I have an extra strong bond to “Playing dead” which I started on a late winter night. The song really only reflected a mood I was in, but when Mal and Tiam created lyrics and melody lines to the song, I experienced that the song found its own place in my mind”

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021?

Tiam: Well 2021 isn’t exactly the big year for big plans. It’s too unpredictable due to the corona situation. But plan number one is to release WinterBeach’s debut LP and promote it. After that, we hope to play some gigs and finally meet our fans!

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

Tiam: The music comes first, and since there is not a single major chord in our songs, the lyrics tend to describe the more dramatic aspects of life. But there is always a hope in our darkness.

Angel: Our music is made to make people listen, think, enjoy, feel, dream…

Review Fix: What’s next?

Tiam: We have many new song sketches in progress, and we are really looking forward to start working closely with the talented people at Animal Farm to further refine our music style. In the future WinterBeach hope to develop and explore an even purer sound universe.

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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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