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Quicksand to bring us Distant Populations

Posted by Loren on June 26, 2021

Quicksand to bring us Distant Populations
photo by Annette Rodriguez

Scheduled for August 13 (digitally) and September 24 (vinyl), Quicksand is back with the new album, Distant Populations on Epitaph Records.

The upcoming record produced and engineered by Will Yip (The Menzingers, Code Orange, Defeater), and mixed by Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Megadeth, Avenged Sevenfold) and follows 2017's Interiors.

Quicksand originally formed in 1990, releasing debut full-length Slip in 1993, disbanded in 1995 and reformed in 2012. Distant Populations is the group's fourth full-length overall.

Listen to "Missile Command," the new album's lead single after the bump.

Distant Populations track listing:

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

Quicksand to bring us Distant Populations
photo by Annette Rodriguez

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