From eight-minute epic remixes to fun two-minute escapes, Tampa-based group Quaint Delusions delivers with an awesome collection of tracks in their new release, Anything Real?
From the first track, “Killing What I Can’t Even See,” it’s obvious the musicianship is top-notch. The laying of guitar, strings, drums and vocals is on a level of a band that’s been together an extremely long time. The fact that this project began as a jam session and morphed into something completely different, is simply a work of destiny.
Incorporating elements of melodic rock and even some folk, the band has this Soundgarden, Marcy’s Playground and even at times, Pink Floyd feel. With the melodic feel of “Lite Brite Sky” and the relaxing tune of Mr. Chaos, the album has something for everyone. Even a track the likes of “Loaded” has this late-night date feel to it giving this band an epic amount of range and credibility. Simply put, this is an album to get lost in.
In the end, the work Roger Hughes, Steve Dicks, Michael Starks, as well as drummer Kevin DeHart and lap steel player David Lane have put into this is evident. All of them have their moments to shin here. All in all, this isn’t a blip in the music scene, this is a band to keep a serious eye on for the foreseeable future.
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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