Interiors (Quicksand album)

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Interiors
Quicksand - Interiors.jpg
Studio album by
Quicksand
ReleasedNovember 10, 2017
Recorded2016–2017
StudioStudio 4 Recording, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
Genre
Length41:05
Label Epitaph
Producer Will Yip
Quicksand chronology
Manic Compression
(1995)		Interiors
(2017)		Triptych Continuum
(2018)
Singles from Interiors
  1. "Illuminant"
    Released: August 22, 2017 [3]
  2. "Cosmonauts"
    Released: October 3, 2017 [4]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
Consequence of Sound B [8]
Metal Hammer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
PunknewsStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Stereogum Positive [11]

Interiors is the third album by American post-hardcore band Quicksand, released on November 10, 2017. [3] It is the band's first studio album since Manic Compression (1995), and their first release on Epitaph Records.

Contents

History

Quicksand first disbanded in October 1995, about eight months after the release of Manic Compression, because of internal conflicts. However, the band reunited in 1997, and spent most of the following year writing new material and embarking on their first tour in three years. In August 1998, they entered Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut with producer Steven Haigler to begin recording their third album. [12] After touring North America with Deftones and Snapcase from September to November 1998, Quicksand returned to the studio to continue working on the follow-up Manic Compression; despite a successful tour and a more collaborative effort in the writing process, resurfaced tensions would eventually split up the band indefinitely in late 1999 and doom the material to remain officially unreleased. [12] Eight tracks from the sessions later surfaced online unofficially; however, none of them appeared on Interiors.

Speculation about new music from Quicksand surfaced in July 2013 when the band posted a photo from the studio, which was later deleted. [13] Asked in July 2017 if it was true that they were working on new material, frontman Walter Schreifels responded, "Can't confirm or deny." [14]

On August 21, 2017, Quicksand's Twitter feed and Walter Schreifels' Instagram account teased the title of their third album Interiors, to be released later in 2017 on Epitaph, with a 30-second video clip. [15] On the following day, the band streamed their first single in 22 years, "Illuminant", and announced that the album would be released on November 10, 2017. [3]

Track listing

All songs written by Alan Cage, Walter Schreifels, and Sergio Vega.

No.TitleLength
1."Illuminant"3:53
2."Under the Screw"2:56
3."Warm and Low"3:48
4.">"0:47
5."Cosmonauts"4:09
6."Interiors"4:58
7."Hyperion"4:34
8."Fire This Time"3:23
9."Feels Like a Weight Has Been Lifted"3:35
10.">>"1:37
11."Sick Mind"3:12
12."Normal Love"4:16

Personnel

Personnel per booklet.

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 141
US Billboard 200 [17] 142
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [18] 7
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard) [19] 9
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [20] 18

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