Quicksand announce new album ‘Distant Populations’

QUICKSAND have announced a new album!

Titled Distant Populations, the upcoming album from the New York City-based post-hardcore band is the follow-up to 2017’s Interiors and is scheduled to be released in August (digitally) and September (vinyl) via Epitaph Records.

The upcoming album was recorded at Studio 4 Recording in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, was produced and engineered by Will Yip [THE MENZINGERS, CODE ORANGE, DEFEATER], and mixed by Josh Wilbur [LAMB OF GOD, MEGADETH, AVENGED SEVENFOLD].

Throughout the upcoming album, the band intends to explore the duality of our simultaneous existence in individual relationships and as part of a mass society, while also examining the alienation and loneliness of it all. “Everyone is on the one hand so connected with each other, and on the other hand, is so far apart,” says frontman Walter Schreifels. “We’re checking out each other’s social media and we know what everybody’s doing. But when we’re sitting in the same room together, we’re looking at our phones.”

Alongside the announcement of the new album, the band have released a new song from the upcoming album; Missile Command. The new song is the second track to be lifted from the upcoming album, following on from April’s release of Inversion.

Speaking about the new song, Schreifels adds, “it really kind of focuses on Sergio’s (Vega) whole motif in a very simple way. He and Alan (Cage) just have this really kind of trademark groove, and I think that really sings on this one to me. I just felt like it’s a kind of song that is very us, but we hadn’t written it yet.”

Listen to Missile Command here: 

Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:

Track List: 

1. Inversion
2. Lightning Field
3. Colossus
4. Brushed
5. Katakana
6. Missile Command
7. Phase 90
8. The Philosopher
9. Compacted Reality
10. EMDR
11. Rodan

Distant Populations is set for release on August 13th (digitally) and September 24th (vinyl) via Epitaph Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.

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