Review Fix Exclusive: A Permanent Shadow Frontman CP Fletcher Talks Goals And More

September 18, 2021 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with CP Fletcher, singer in A Permanent Shadow, who discusses the origin of his newest endeavor, goals in music and so much more.

Review Fix: How did the project start? 

CP Fletcher: I got fed up with drumming for other people, so I started writing my own songs. Once I was confident enough about them I teamed up with a great arranger and producer and we recorded our first album in 2018. A Permanent Shadow is not a band in the traditional sense, it’s rather myself plus a series of producers and guest musicians. 

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like? 

Fletcher: I write all the lyrics and basic melodies and then I present those to my two producer friends Albert and Valentí. They are both very good arrangers and players and usually do a great job fleshing out my basic song ideas with arrangements for keyboards, guitar and whatever the song requires. In terms of lyrics, I get inspired by personal experiences but also stuff I read or watch on TV. 

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

Fletcher: On our new album we have a song called “Day Zero”. It’s about the 2011 tsunamis in Japan written from the perspective of a seagull witnessing the devastation. I wrote the lyrics first and then divided the music into different segments depending on the words. It’s almost nine minutes long, but I couldn’t have made it much shorter as the words kept pouring out and I didn’t want to edit myself. 

Review Fix: What are your goals for 2021?

Fletcher: Promote our new single “Shining Star” and hopefully get back to playing live. We are rehearsing different formats, from all acoustic to full band, and I’d really love to take our music around the world. 

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

Fletcher: I hope people can identify with some of the lyrical content and will also be able to remember the choruses. I would like our music to affect people in a way that I feel affected by great songs. A good song should make you think but also want to get up and dance. It provokes both a cerebral and physical reaction. 

Review Fix: What’s next?

Fletcher: Our second album “Humdrum” will be out in early 2022, but we have been working on the third one for a while now, as well as a covers EP. So the next step is start recording those songs properly.

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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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