Fresh off a North American tour with Clutch and Helmet, New York band Quicksand today release their latest single, "Felíz". Following "Giving The Past Away", which was released in August, both songs are previously unreleased recordings from the sessions for their highly acclaimed 2021 album "Distant Populations". The palpable aggression of "Felíz" comes as a slap in the face. right at the start of the track, Led by a bass-heavy groove, the steady rhythm is driven by a vital electric guitar riff with the distortion cranked up full for this headbanger anthem.
"If I remember correctly, after the tour we wanted to write something more aggressive for our set. Listening to this now, it reminds me of something we might have written earlier in our careers, but it still fits with that where we are right now," explains frontman Walter Schreifels. "The lyrics speak to the impermanence of happiness, which paradoxically makes happiness such a desirable thing."
Recorded at Studio 4 Recording in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, Distant Populations was produced by Will Yip (The Menzingers, Code Orange, Defeater) and mixed by Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Megadeth, Avenged Sevenfold). The album is the follow-up to the critically acclaimed 2017 album Interiors. Sonically, it has a punchier, faster sound than its predecessor, with the 11 songs being incisive, polished sonic gems that lack a single wasted note. The gripping lyrics and the raw power of the album catch your eye on the first listen.
Formed in 1990, the band Quicksand debuted 1993's Slip - a release covered by The A.V. Club was praised as "a nearly flawless record that blends Helmet's irony and heaviness with Fugazi's penchant for energetic sound dismantling". 1995's second album Manic Compression charted at #1 on LA Weekly's Top Five Best Post-Hardcore Records (which noted that Quicksand would have been the biggest underground band of the '90s if there was any justice in the world").
In the early '90s, Quicksand toured with bands such as Helmet, Fugazi, Rage Against the Machine, and Anthrax. After breaking up in late 1995, they reunited for a single gig in June 2012. Since then they have performed at festivals such as FYF Fest and Pukkelpop and in 2013 embarked on their first North American tour in 15 years. In 2017, the band released their long-awaited third studio album, Interiors, on which Consequence of Sound praised the band for their sound "that no one else has been able to reproduce in all the time they've been away."
Quicksand are frontman/guitarist Walter Schreifels, bassist Sergio Vega and drummer Alan Cage.
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