Review Fix Exclusive: Elizabeth Talks Creative Process, Inspiration and Future in Music.

December 10, 2020 Patrick Hickey Jr. Music 0

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Review Fox chats with Aussie songstress Elizabeth, who discusses her origin in music and more. 

About Elizabeth:

Stepping into her sound like a silk robe, Elizabeth is the patron saint of sad girls on her debut record, the wonderful world of nature (out now), with a DELUXE version including six new songs now available, via AntiFragile. The Deluxe album features all the original songs from the album released last year plus six raw and emotional piano versions of album favorites “parties” and “death toll” and four new original songs including a stunning cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Go Your Own Way”. 

Review Fix: How did you get involved in music?

Elizabeth: I have been playing music for as long as I can remember. My dad taught me to sing harmonies to the Eagles and Billy Joel. I played in bands when I was a teenager and I never stopped.

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Elizabeth: To write I sit in my room at my old piano, my little dog at my feet. I write to communicate my feelings about myself and the world and the people I love so it can be an emotional process. Sometimes I think of lyrics when I’m driving or walking and I have to rush home to get them into a song.

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Elizabeth: Relationships, mostly. Feelings of change and stagnation. Falling in love, falling out of love.

Review Fix: What does music mean to you?

Elizabeth: Music is a means of communication and connection. There is nothing more amazing the looking into someone’s eyes when I’m on stage and realising we are having a shared experience. My pain is their pain, my joy is their joy too.

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

Elizabeth: The songs of a starlet, here to make you cry.

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

Elizabeth: In the studio it’s usually just me and a producer. On stage I play with a band of incredible women, and I love the energy that comes from everyone being together; me, the audience and the band.

Review Fix: What inspired your latest single?

Elizabeth: I just released to deluxe edition of my album ‘The Wonderful World of Nature’. It included 7 songs that I recorded by myself during isolation. These songs represent how I felt during this time. Very raw, very alone but eager to share and connect. What a weird time to be alive.

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

Elizabeth: Lie on the beach, eat dragon fruit, rest and recover.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Elizabeth: A new album in 2021 and many more abundant feelings.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14262 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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