Review Fix Exclusive: Davey Harris Talks ‘Self-Saboteur’

February 17, 2022 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Davey Harris, who discusses his new single, “Self-Saboteur,” and so much more.

About Davey Harris:

On “Self-Saboteur,” Harris grapples with devastation and self-doubt as he explores the demons within himself. The track is infused with psychedelic flavors and murky electronica influenced by artists like Tame Impala and Father John Misty. Booming to life in the shadows you can feel the pang of destruction with its rhythmic and synth laden atmosphere. The lyrics come to life in layers over twangy guitar and crisp production and tell a story of pushing past the obstacles we create for ourselves to achieve greater things. Check out Davey Harris’ new single, “Self-Saboteur,” out on all platforms February 17th, 2022!

Review Fix: How have you sabotaged yourself in life?

Davey Harris: How have I not?

Playing small by fear of abandonment comes to mind.  Not doing things, avoiding playing a bigger game because I was afraid of losing people in my life.  Also, not following through on things I said I was going to… because it is safer to play “not to lose” than to “play to win”. One example in particular is taking over a decade before writing, recording, and performing my own music :)

Review Fix: What was the moment or moments that gave birth to this track?

Harris: Sitting alone on my couch, riffing and humming. Thinking of being frustrated, being pulled into too many distractions, and losing sight of what matters.

This song popped out pretty quick. 

Review Fix: Playing multiple instruments, how did you shape this one?

Harris: It started with vocals and acoustic guitar. Then it went through a long production process with lots of trial by fire and experimentation, until landing where it is now.

Review Fix: What are you most proud of when it comes to this one?

Harris: I’m proud of both the coherent and not coherent thoughts.  Sharing a song about how it’s ok to be your own best friend and worst enemy. How everyone mischievously fucks up their own life everyday, and that’s ok.  

Review Fix: How is it different than your other work?

Harris: I do my best to shape a different universe for each song that channels through.  This one is definitely darker than other tracks.

Review Fix: How do you feel doing covers and being in bands prepared you for moments like this?

Harris: It’s great. Studying music from other artists is definitely a hack to becoming a better songwriter. Same goes for performing.

Review Fix: What are your dreams for this song?

Harris: That it lives in the sticky part of the heads of every boy and girl around the world.  

Review Fix: What’s next? 

Harris: I will be relentlessly releasing music, performing, and kicking big booty.

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

Harris: If you dig the music. Join my e-mail list for updates :)

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14256 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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