Review Fix Exclusive: Threesound’s Bobby Crim Talks ‘Different Spaces’ and More

Review Fix chats with Threesound’s Bobby Crim, who discusses the band’s new album, “Different Spaces” and goals for the future.

About Threesound:

Threesound, a Virginia-based quartet, seamlessly merges various genres of music to create something fresh. Through eclectic and lyrical songwriting, soulful grooves and soaring guitars, they deliver an organically original sound filled with fat backbeats and smooth sensibilities. Catchy songs that encompass rock, jazz, funk, pop, fusion and dance, Threesound brings the groove.

In addition to being interviewed on Dead.net and topping the ReverbNation Rock chart in Winchester, Virginia for over a year, music festival magazine Appalachian Jamwich describes Threesound with “Grooves that make you wanna dance, smooth instrumentals and Sublime like vocals.”

Review Fix: How did you guys get together?

Bobby Crim: There’s four of us in Threesound. Before the name of the group came along in high school, It all began in middle school with Andrew Renner, Bobby Crim and Alex Swafford.  We all started playing together when we all knew very little about instrument, the in 6th grade. John Hayes jumped on in 2011 and we started stepping out and playing the mid-Atlantic. Bassist personnel shift in April of this year to Marshall Wacker.

Review Fix: What is your creative process like?

Crim: The rough skeleton of a the music in a song may come from any of the four of us, or if on more seldom occasion we all are practicing and something new comes of it. The lyric side of the song is more intimate, Bobby or John brings them over top the instrumentation, if they weren’t already conceived hand in hand.

Review Fix: What else do you think makes that song special?

Crim: It’s a therapy session for a John through lyric and song! The verses present him with an angst in his voice, with a resonance of stressful anxiety. The pre-chorus and hook of the track is supplemented like a therapist who answers the verses illogical worries with calm, supportive messages enforced with backup harmonies. Your mind powers your body and soul.

Review Fix: Is there a story behind “The Way the Rain Came”?

Crim: “The Way the Rain Came” caught on quick to our live audience. Even first time listeners could be seen mouthing the words from our view on stage. It also has been a highlight for Threesound personally, with a strong multi-vocal performance with John taking lead.

Review Fix: What acts inspire you guys the most?

Crim: Between the four of us, we’re all across the board. Snarky Puppy, John Mayer, Tupac, Brahms?

Review Fix: What’s your favorite song- that you’re scared to tell people you love? Why?

Crim: I Want You Back – N*SYNC , and frankly, we’ve no shame in shouting it out loud to the world. Maybe one day we’ll tease it at a show.

Review Fix: What makes you guys special?

Crim: Diversification. Taking our second album ‘Different Spaces’ to…different spaces. New directions musically, and of course a consistent touring routine, around 50-100 a year. New friends, new connections, spread our fresh grooves to our growing soundbound nation.

Review Fix: What else do you think you guys have to do to get where you want to be?

Crim: Keep doing what we’re doing, along with a few new nifty strategies. Showing up is 80% of the game, and the other bit is working smarter and writing continually better music. It takes lots of TLC.

Review Fix: What’s next?

Crim: Shows. New album. And Thanksgiving. Call your parents and family, tell them you love them.

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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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