Review Fix Exclusive: Basement Revolver’s Chrisy Hurn Talks ‘Heavy Eyes’ And More

Reviews Fix chats with Basement Revolver vocalist Chrisy Hurn, who discusses the band’s origin, creative process and track “Heavy Eyes.”

Review Fix: How did the band get together?

Chrisy Hurn: I grew up with Nimal, and then we both ended up in Hamilton for school, where Nimal met Brandon and then the band came together.

Review Fix: How did you all get involved in music?

Hurn: I think we all grew up playing different instruments. When I went to University I started playing in a folk band, and then eventually started Basement Revolver. Nim and Brandon at the time were jazz students!

Review Fix: What’s your creative process like?

Hurn: I don’t think we have a standard creative process as songs come about in different ways. Often we write songs during band practices.

Review Fix: What inspires you?

Hurn: Probably life and what other people are doing in the music scene. Sometimes it is just the daily grind or being bored that forces you into a space where you need to make something new.

Review Fix: What makes “Heavy Eyes” a special track?

Hurn: We felt that Heavy Eyes generally encompassed the mood of the whole album. Life is hard, and tiring and a lot of the songs are about life.

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

Hurn: This is always the hardest thing for me. I usually start with “shoegaze” or “dream pop” and if they don’t get that, I ask if people know “Alvvays” and if they don’t know that, then I say “the Cranberries.” After that I just say, I guess it is indie rock.

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

Hurn: When we went into the studio originally, we didn’t want to add too much to our sound that we couldn’t replicate live. That being said it is not exactly the same? I’d like to think that we just all try to bring a lot of energy to the table.

Review Fix: What are your goals for the rest of 2018?

Hurn: Touring and writing new tunes!

Review Fix: What’s next?

Hurn: Touring and writing new tunes!

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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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