They sound less intense and angry, granted they are all in their 50s. The band, consisting of post-hardcore stalwart Walter Schreifels, drummer Alan Cage, and bassist Sergio Vega, made a comeback in 2017 with Interiors, their first album together in 22 years. Sonically, Quicksand’s recent works carry a lighter temperament compared to their music from the early 1990s. ![]() Distant Populations by Quicksand Distant Populations by Quicksand And as dispassionate as the lyrics appear to be on the page, they become endearing when sung. Perhaps these can be the observations and insights of the caped character, a traveler burdened by their past, attempting to make sense of what they see. They read like resigned observations about the lack of meaning in the way people relate to each other. Although vague and fragmented, the lyrics ruminate over lost relationships and feelings of isolation. They may also help us understand the themes revolving around social disconnection and the inability to return to the past. These images add an extra dynamic to the experience of Distant Populations. Bodies float in membrane bubbles, and faces morph in and out of themselves. The staff-wielding caped character with a spiky head from the album art repeatedly appears in colorful jagged landscapes along with one-eyed, sharp-toothed monsters. ![]() Psychedelic and beastly, Tetsunori’s art is expanded in a YouTube playlist posted by Epitaph to stream the entire album.Įach song is accompanied by animated sci-fi fantasy visuals taken from Tetsunori’s art. The album art, created by artist Tetsunori Tawaraya, proves a distant, exploratory, otherworldly nature to the album. Based on the visual art that the band and their label, Epitaph Records, has been promoting, this isn’t quite true, but it isn’t entirely false either. The name of Quicksand’s latest LP, Distant Populations, makes me think of a science fiction concept album, maybe an observation of an alien society similar to an Ursula K.
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