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It’s impossible to overstate the influence
that QUICKSAND has had 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 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. “For this album, I was going back
to a lot of my earlier influences like Break
Down The Walls or Start Today,” he
explains. “Regardless of whether you’re
into hardcore or youth crew, they’re really
cool records because they’re speaking to
the time and providing possible paths to
a better future ... with mosh parts. That’s
the energy that I wanted to bring to this.”
From the hook-driven heaviness of
the opener “Get To It” to the shoegaze
splendor of “Crystallize,” the band covers
a lot of sonic ground on Bring On The
Psychics, but it always sounds like
QUICKSAND. Its technical virtuosity is
on full display here as well, from bassist
Sergio Vega’s locked-in bass grooves
on “Cool Guy” to Alan Cage’s dynamic
drumming on the album’s title track.
The band also stretched out musically
on the album as evidenced by the breezy
ballad “Days You Run To,” a song that
might even surprise longtime fans. “To
me, that is the kind of thing that FUGAZI
would do on their more chill kind of

tunes,” Schreifels says of the laid-back
feel of the aforementioned track. “It’s
nice to have something that was more
expansive to show the PINK FLOYD side
of QUICKSAND.”
That aspect of the band has never been a
secret; anyone who has seen the band’s
psychedelic light show can attest to that
consciousness-expanding vibe. Bring
On The Psychics just 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.”