NEWS 2021/08/09
There were bigger bands to emerge in the 1990s. And yes, there have been bigger reunion$ in the decades since. But, let’s stress the other extremely obvious thing here: very, very few of them have secured the same kind of enduring legacy as Quicksand. On the strength of just two records – 1993’s Slip and 1995’s Manic Compression – they exerted a detectable influence on everyone from Deftones and Thursday through to Higher Power. And they may yet inspire even more bands, too. Currently enjoying not so much a career second-wind as a second-hurricane, their brilliant 2017 comeback Interiors ended their 22-year interval between albums in grandstanding fashion. For their next act? Another outstanding record, of course. It would be wrong to say that Quicksand have mello...