Quicksand drop their single + video ‘crystallize’
- The Hot & Heavy Show
- 5 hours ago
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In prep for their upcoming album ‘Bring on the physics’ out July 17th via Equal Vision Records & Civillions, New York band Quicksand share their latest single ‘Crystallize’ paired with a fun music video where ‘self realisation meets a 60s Batman fight scene’. See for yourself!
Check out the music video for ‘Crystallize’ below
New album = New era, Bring On The Physics 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.
Reviews are flowing in and to say everyone’s excited is an understatement.
Ranks with the best of their sterling catalog ... It doesn’t take a mind reader to know we’re looking forward to the rest of their ‘Bring On the Psychics’ LP." — Revolver
"'Bring On The Psychics' effectively ties its ‘90s post-hardcore blueprint to the more exploratory instincts of its post-2013 reunion-era output." — SPIN
"Editor’s Pick" ["Get To It"] — Guitar World
Being the first release in 5 years, Walter Schreifels explains his past through his present reality.
“For this album, I was going back to a lot of my earlier influences about ‘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.”
A lot of people might feel like this new album will be another one of ‘oh this band is trying to get with this times so they experiment and lose their original sound that got us hooked in the first place’ YOU ARE WRONG!
The band covers a lot of sonic ground with this new album but it will always sound like Quicksand.
From Sergio Vega’s magic on bass with “Cool Guy” to Alan Cage’s insane drumming on the album’s title track. The band expand on the album as evidenced by the breezy ballad “Days You Run To,” a song that they feel will surprise a lot of day 1 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.”
I promise you that this album will not leave you disappointed, Quicksand will still bring that ‘conscious expanding vibe’ and will always stick to their creative roots, think of it like they're showcasing thier new era in a more intergrated manner. get keen for album release day!
