Review Fix Exclusive: Grizzly Coast’s Alannah Kavanagh Talks ‘Catch And Release’ And More

Review Fix chats with singer/songwriter Alannah Kavanagh of Grizzly Coast to find out about her influences, goals and new single.

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Alannah Kavanagh: I started playing music as a child because my older friend Katie did it and I wanted to be just like her! However, I started Grizzly Coast as a solo project when I was 22 as an outlet for all of the secret bedroom songwriting I’d been engaging in. I booked shows and the backing band and growth came naturally from there.

Review Fix: How What’s your creative process like?

Kavanagh: Typically I like to record myself playing random chords and singing whatever comes to me. Usually, I’ll strike on something that intrigues me and from there I can start building a song. Then I take it to the band and we bring it to life!

Review Fix: How What inspires you?

Kavanagh: Joanna Newsom. Sufjan Stevens. Spacey guitars. Baby animals. People who don’t give up on their dreams. Lots of people at one show supporting their favourite artist. The first warm day of the year.

Review Fix: How What does music mean to you?

Kavanagh: To me, music means time stopping. Thoughts stopping. Being totally present. 

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

Kavanagh: I get a lot of comparisons to other artists, a big one recently has been Mac Demarco because of the guitar tone on our latest tracks. I’d describe my sound as lyrics-focused dreamy indie guitar rock. Say that five times fast!

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

Kavanagh: They don’t noticeably differ. In the studio, you obviously have more time to dial in cool tones to the guitars, but I never want to be seen as a studio band. We make it so that we can bring our listeners what they already like from recordings, to the live stage. However, the live show is a different beast by the way of the performance aspect. Really performing my songs, not just playing them, is important to me. So I always try to put on a show and am always looking for ways to improve or evolve the theatrics of it all.

Review Fix: How What inspired your latest single?

Kavanagh: Catch & Release was inspired by self-growth and learning to not really care what anyone outside your inner circle thinks about you. It’s a song about confidence and being on your own, and how nice that can be for a person.

Review Fix: How What are your goals for the rest of 2020?

Kavanagh: My goals are to keep releasing music and play again live as soon as possible. In the meantime, while live shows are cancelled, I’m focusing on maintaining communication with my community through social media – just like everyone else!

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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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