NYC post-hardcore innovators Quicksand have announced “Bring On The Psychics” as their first new album in five years. Equal Vision have set a July 17th release date for that effort, which was produced and mixed by Jon Markson (Drug Church, DRAIN). Its title was inspired by a quote made by late scientist Carl Sagan. As for the inspiration behind the record, vocalist/guitarist Walter Schreifels stating:
“For this album, I was going back to a lot of my earlier influences about [Youth Of Today‘s] ‘Break Down The Walls’ or [Gorilla Biscuits‘] ‘Start Today.’ 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.”
Two new singles have just gone up from that record, including “Get To It” and “Regenerate“. “Get To It” comes with a music video directed by Jesse Korman of The Number Twelve Looks Like You fame. Schreifels said of this new one-two punch:
“It’s tough to talk about your own music and what it means, not only because I sometimes don’t understand it myself but in a way it robs the listener of their own interpretation. So if you don’t want that, read no further. Otherwise, with ‘Get To It‘ and ‘Regenerate‘ we wanted to do something high-energy and straightforward with a positive feeling. ‘Get To It‘ is about ‘getting to it’, poking holes in the excuses for standing still. Procrastination is something I’ve struggled with my whole life so I’m always looking for a new mantra to help overcome my tendency to put things off.”
‘Regenerate‘ is about finding new paths forward. It’s a theme I think we all return to. No matter how well you play it, life will keep taking things away from you. It sucks but this is how we learn and grow as people, so it might be we’re living the most when faced with having to get back up from a hard hit.”
Interestingly, this record will also feature a ballad of sorts titled “Days You Run To“, Schreifels elaborated on it, offering, “To me, that is the kind of thing that Fugazi would do on their more chill kind of tunes. It’s nice to have something that was more expansive to show the Pink Floyd side of Quicksand.”
“Bring On The Psychics” track listing:
01 – “Get To It“
02 – “Regenerate“
03 – “Agency“
04 – “Crystallize“
05 – “Supercollider“
06 – “In Full Color“
07 – “Days You Run To“
08 – “Cool Guy“
09 – “Moving Forward“
10 – “Bring On The Psychics“
For pre-orders, see quicksand.lnk.to/BringOnThePsychics.
