Iconic New York City post-hardcore band Quicksand is pleased to present Apple Music Sessions, its brand new, live, two-song release recorded on The Zane Lowe Show. Captured at Apple Music’s Los Angeles studio, the band performs ‘Get To It’ from its critically acclaimed new album, ‘Bring On The Psychics’, and ‘Brown Gargantuan’, a song lifted from the band’s classic 1995 album, ‘Manic Compression’. Watch the live performance of ‘Get To It’ below.
Marking an entirely new era for the storied three-piece — guitarist/vocalist Walter Schreifels, bassist/vocalist Sergio Vega and drummer Alan Cage — ‘Bring On The Psychics’ serves as the sonic bridge between the band’s heavy and influential Nineties sound and the ambitious, experimental output contained within its more recent era. Produced and mixed by Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain) across 10 days, ‘Bring On The Psychics’ once again finds Quicksand reinventing the sound they helped pioneer.
It’s impossible to overstate the influence that Quicksand have on the hardcore scene. Formed in New York City in 1990 out of the ashes of Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Burn and Bold, the band took the aggression of hardcore and added a more groove-driven crunch to it, unintentionally inventing the genre known today as a post-hardcore. After releasing two major-label masterpieces in the Nineties — 1993’s ‘Slip’ and 1995’s ‘Manic Compression’ — the band split up at the peak of their powers, only to reunite in 2012 and release ‘Interiors’ and ‘Distant Populations’.
Inspired by a quote from scientist Carl Sagan, ‘Bring On The Psychics’, Quicksand’s first album in five years and Equal Vision Records debut, sees guitarist/vocalist Walter Schreifels examining his past through his present reality. From the hook-driven heaviness of the opener ‘Get To It’ to the shoegaze splendor of ‘Crystallize’, the band cover a lot of sonic ground on the album, but it always sounds like Quicksand. Its technical virtuosity is on full display here as well, from bassist/vocalist Sergio Vega’s locked-in bass grooves on ‘Cool Guy’ to Alan Cage’s dynamic drumming on the album’s title track.
‘Bring On The Psychics’ sees the band encapsulating their creative vision in a fully, more integrated manner. “I’m really psyched to play these songs live,” Schreifels summarizes. “I feel really fortunate to still be playing music with these guys and be able to take it to different places.” Quicksand will be making the following appearances in 2027.
Upcoming tour dates:
January 22nd — Starland Ballroom (w/ Thursday, Titus Andronicus) — Sayreville, NJ
February 5th — Shibuya Dive — Shibuya City, JP
February 6th — Shibuya Dive — Shibuya City, JP
February 11th — Crowbar Sydney — Sydney, AU
February 12th — Crowbar Brisbane — Brisbane, AU
February 13th — The Leadbeater Hotel — Melbourne, AU
February 19th — Double Whammy — Auckland, NZ
February 20th — San Fran — Wellington, NZ