Metal, Hardcore, Indie, Rock
New York post-hardcore veterans Quicksand have released a new live recording as part of Apple Music Sessions, featuring performances of two songs from different eras of their catalog.
The session includes “Get To It” from the band’s latest album “Bring On The Psychics”, released in July 2026, and “Brown Gargantuan” from their influential 1995 album “Manic Compression”. A studio performance video for “Get To It” was also filmed in Los Angeles.
Vocalist and guitarist Walter Schreifels has expressed his enthusiasm about performing the new songs live and continuing to bring the group’s music to audiences around the world.
“Bring On The Psychics” was the band’s first album in five years and their first release through Equal Vision Records. Its title was inspired by astronomer and planetary scientist Carl Sagan.
The Apple Music session pairs a recent composition with a track from the era that helped establish Quicksand as an influential name in post-hardcore, showing how their sound has evolved while retaining its distinctive energy.
January 22 – Sayreville, NJ, USA – Starland Ballroom (with Thursday and Titus Andronicus)
February 5 – Shibuya City, Japan – Shibuya Dive
February 6 – Shibuya City, Japan – Shibuya Dive
February 11 – Sydney, Australia – Crowbar Sydney
February 12 – Brisbane, Australia – Crowbar Brisbane
February 13 – Melbourne, Australia – The Leadbeater Hotel
February 19 – Auckland, New Zealand – Double Whammy
February 20 – Wellington, New Zealand – San Fran
The group are set to begin the year with a New Jersey show before travelling to Japan, Australia and New Zealand in February. Get your tickets by clicking here.
Emerging directly from the New York Hardcore scene, post-hardcore pioneers Quicksand were assembled by frontman and guitarist Walter Schreifels — widely recognized as the primary creative force behind Gorilla Biscuits and former bassist for Youth of Today — following the dissolution of his transitional project Moondog.
Schreifels recruited a seasoned roster of East Coast hardcore veterans, bringing in guitarist Tom Capone (founder of Long Island’s Beyond and songwriter for Bold‘s “Looking Back”), drummer Alan Cage (formerly of experimental hardcore act Burn and Capone’s bandmate in Beyond), and bassist Sergio Vega (formerly of Collapse and Absolution).
Although Outface co-founder Charlie Garriga initially filled the rhythm guitar slot for Quicksand‘s earliest live appearances, his swift departure prompted Schreifels to assume dual duties on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, cementing the group’s classic four-piece configuration.
