Quicksand have announced “Bring On The Psychics,” their first album in five years and their debut on Equal Vision Records.
The new LP arrives July 17, with two fresh tracks — “Get To It” and “Regenerate” — streaming now as of today’s announcement. Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain) produced and mixed the record over ten days. The video for “Get To It,” directed and edited by Jesse Korman, is up on YouTube (watch above).
The album’s billed as a bridge between the heavy Nineties output that made Quicksand post-hardcore founders and the more experimental territory the band have been working since their 2012 reunion.
The title comes from a line by Carl Sagan. Guitarist and vocalist Walter Schreifels says the record had him examining his past through his present reality — pulling from the earlier influences that predate Quicksand.
“I was going back to a lot of my earlier influences about ‘break down the walls’ or ‘start today,'” Schreifels 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.”
On the two new singles, Schreifels lays out what each is doing. “Get To It” is about procrastination — “poking holes in the excuses for standing still,” he says. “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” sits somewhere more existential. “It’s about finding new paths forward,” Schreifels says. “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.”
Across the record, the band stretch further than they have in a while. Opener “Get To It” leans on hook-driven heaviness. “Crystallize” pulls toward shoegaze. Sergio Vega’s bass locks in under “Cool Guy,” Alan Cage carries the title track with dynamic drumming, and “Days You Run To” drifts into breezy ballad territory — something Schreifels compares to Fugazi’s chiller moments. “It’s nice to have something that was more expansive to show the Pink Floyd side of Quicksand.”
Formed in New York City in 1990 out of members of Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Burn, and Bold, Quicksand took hardcore aggression and ran it through a heavier, groove-driven lens — accidentally becoming one of the reference points for what eventually got called post-hardcore. Two major-label records in the Nineties, “Slip” (1993) and “Manic Compression” (1995), cemented that influence before the band split at the peak of their powers. The reunion came in 2012, followed by “Interiors” and “Distant Populations.” “Bring On The Psychics” is the next step.
“I’m really psyched to play these songs live,” Schreifels adds. “I feel really fortunate to still be playing music with these guys and be able to take it to different places.”
A full European run is booked for June, with festival stops at Rock for People (CZ), Nova Rock (AT), Graspop Metal Meeting (BE), and Jera On Air (NL), plus headline club dates in Munich, Leipzig, Trier, Hamburg, Cologne, Wiesbaden, and Berlin.
11 — Hradec Králové, CZ — Rock for People 2026 @ Park 360
12 — Nickelsdorf, AT — Nova Rock
14 — München, DE — Ampere
15 — Leipzig, DE — UT Connewitz
16 — Trier, DE — Mergener Hof e.V.
18 — Hamburg, DE — Knust
18–21 — Dessel, BE — Graspop Metal Meeting
20 — Köln, DE — Luxor
22 — Wiesbaden, DE — Schlachthof Wiesbaden
23 — Berlin, DE — Hole44
25 — Ysselsteyn, NL — Jera On Air
Pre-order “Bring On The Psychics” and pre-save/pre-add across platforms through Equal Vision.
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