Iconic New York City post-hardcore band Quicksand have just announced its co-headline tour with Canadian punk band Fucked Up. Kicking off on Tuesday, September 22 at Capital Ballroom in Victoria, BC, the tour will take in 10 evenings across six provinces, culminating in a performance at Overflow Brewing in Ottawa, ON on Sunday, October 4. Tickets for all shows, including remaining performances with Bane through August and September, are available now via the band’s website HERE. A full listing of dates can be found below. 

Marking an entirely new era for the storied three-piece — guitarist/vocalist Walter Schreifels, bassist/vocalist Sergio Vega and drummer Alan Cage — Bring On The Psychics serves as the sonic bridge between Quicksand’s heavy and influential Nineties sound and the ambitious, experimental output contained within its more recent era. Produced and mixed by Jon Markson (Drug Church, Drain) across 10 days, Bring On The Psychics once again finds Quicksand reinventing the sound they helped pioneer. Stream and purchase Bring On The Psychics on all platforms HERE. 

It’s impossible to overstate the influence that Quicksand have on the hardcore scene. Formed in New York City in 1990 out of the ashes of Gorilla Biscuits, Youth of Today, Burn and Bold, the band took the aggression of hardcore and added a more groove-driven crunch to it, unintentionally inventing the genre known today as a post-hardcore. After releasing two major-label masterpieces in the Nineties — 1993’s Slip and 1995’s Manic Compression — the band split up at the peak of their powers, only to reunite in 2012 and release Interiors and Distant Populations.

Inspired by a quote from scientist Carl Sagan, Bring On The Psychics, Quicksand’s first album in five years and Equal Vision Records debut, sees guitarist/vocalist Walter Schreifelsexamining 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.” 

From the hook-driven heaviness of the opener “Get To It” to the shoegaze splendor of “Crystallize,” the band cover a lot of sonic ground on Bring On The Psychics, but it always sounds like Quicksand. Its technical virtuosity is on full display here as well, from bassist/vocalist Sergio Vega’s locked-in bass grooves on “Cool Guy” to Alan Cage’s dynamic drumming on the album’s title track. The band also stretched out, musically, on the album as evidenced by the breezy ballad “Days You Run To,” a song that might even surprise longtime 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.” 

That aspect of the band has never been a secret; anyone who has seen the band’s psychedelic light show can attest to that consciousness-expanding vibe. Bring On The Psychics just sees the band encapsulating their creative vision in a fully, more integrated manner. 

“I’m really psyched to play these songs live,” Schreifels summarizes. “I feel really fortunate to still be playing music with these guys and be able to take it to different places.” 

Quicksand will be making the following appearances this summer and fall. Dates below. 

AUGUST
14 — Fresno Crossing, CA — Strummer’s *#
15 — San Francisco, CA — The Castro Theatre *#
16 — Roseville, CA — Goldfield Trading Post Roseville *#
18 — Portland, OR — Wonder Ballroom *#
19 — Seattle, WA — The Showbox *#
21 — Salt Lake City, UT — The Depot *#
22 — Colorado Springs, CO — Black Sheep *#
23 — Englewood, CO — Gothic Theatre *#
25 — Saint Paul, MN — Amsterdam Bar and Hall *#
26 — Chicago, IL — Bottom Lounge *#
27 — Grand Rapids, MI — The Pyramid Scheme *
28 — Detroit, MI — El Club #
29 — Toronto, ON — East End United *#
31 — Washington, DC — 9:30 Club *#

SEPTEMBER
01 — Philadelphia, PA — Underground Arts *#
02 — Brooklyn, NY — The Brooklyn Monarch *#
03 — Boston, MA — Royale *#
22 — Victoria, BC — Capital Ballroom ^
23 — Vancouver, BC — The Pearl ^
25 — Calgary, AB — Dickens ^
26 — Edmonton, AB — Pawn Shop ^
27 — Saskatoon, SK — Louis ^
28 — Winnipeg, MB — Park Theatre ^ 

OCTOBER
01 — London, ON — Palasad SocialBowl ^
02 — Oshawa, ON — Biltmore Theatre ^
03 — Montreal, QC — Theatre Fairmount ^
04 — Ottawa, ON — Overflow Brewing ^

* — w/ Bane
# — w/ Soul Blind
^ — w/ Fucked Up

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