Artist: Quicksand
Album: B-Sides And Rarities
Release: n/a
Label: Self-Released
Tracklist:
1. How Soon Is Now?
2. Voice Killer
3. Shovel
4. Chelsea’s Going Under
5. All In Your Head
6. Requiem
7. In The End
8. Constant Tension
9. Hostage Calm
10.Weed It Out
11. Chelsea’s Going Under (1998)
12. Dine Alone (Demo)
13. Super Genius (Demo)
14. Can Opener (Demo)
15. Count Your Friends On One Hand (Demo)
16. Bug Collector
17. Tell Them Anything (Demo)
18. Knee Jerk Reaction (Demo)
19. World’s Fastest Car
20. Knee Jerk Reaction
21. Clean Slate (Live in CA)
22. How Soon Is Now (Live CBGB)
23. Clean Slate (Live GA)
24. Thorn In My Side (Acoustic)
Quicksand put the “post” in post-hardcore in the early 90s, moving from their NYHC roots into a form of rock music that retained punk anger and intensity but managed to add in catchiness without being too spit-shined poppy and heaviness without being too metallic. Their two major label full-lengths, 1993’s Slip and 1995’s Manic Compression, are rife with Walter Schreifiel’s semi-melodic shout and intelligent, minimalist lyrics, Sergio Vega’s grindy bass tone, Tom Capone’s shrieking guitar, and loud hooks that lodge in your ear. The band briefly reformed in 1997 after their breakup following Manic, but alas things fell apart again.
This grab bag of goodies has treats aplenty. Opening Japanese edition Slip bonus track “How Soon Is Now” finds the band applying their trademark guitar washes and angsty stomp to the Smiths classic, easily doing it justice. “Shovel” is pretty damned fast at points for a Quicksand song, but they’re just as capable in that realm as they are their mid-tempo riffing (which the song eventually lapses into anyway). The main riff of “Chelsea’s Going Under” draws comparison to Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger and “In The End” is about to tie Slip’s “Lie and Wait” as my favorite Quicksand song. It’s somewhere between the more accessible sounds of Walter’s susbequent outfit Rival Schools and Quicksand’s stompiness, but the simple chorus is totally catchy and Walter’s lamentations cascade perfectly over Capone’s riffs.
There’s more great unreleased songs, rough versions of album cuts and a few live tracks, but my other personal favorite part of the collection is the acoustic version of Manic Compression’s “Thorn In My Side.” The studio version sounds like dudes were jamming a ton of Rage Against the Machine’s first record-- and I mean that 100% affectionately, I heart RATM-- but here Walter just sounds hurt and brooding.
If you’ve never heard this fantastic band before, be sure to go buy Slip and Manic Compression.
Finally, I’ve read of a forthcoming vinyl reissuing of Slip. Confirm/deny, anyone?
Album: B-Sides And Rarities
Release: n/a
Label: Self-Released
Tracklist:
1. How Soon Is Now?
2. Voice Killer
3. Shovel
4. Chelsea’s Going Under
5. All In Your Head
6. Requiem
7. In The End
8. Constant Tension
9. Hostage Calm
10.Weed It Out
11. Chelsea’s Going Under (1998)
12. Dine Alone (Demo)
13. Super Genius (Demo)
14. Can Opener (Demo)
15. Count Your Friends On One Hand (Demo)
16. Bug Collector
17. Tell Them Anything (Demo)
18. Knee Jerk Reaction (Demo)
19. World’s Fastest Car
20. Knee Jerk Reaction
21. Clean Slate (Live in CA)
22. How Soon Is Now (Live CBGB)
23. Clean Slate (Live GA)
24. Thorn In My Side (Acoustic)
Quicksand put the “post” in post-hardcore in the early 90s, moving from their NYHC roots into a form of rock music that retained punk anger and intensity but managed to add in catchiness without being too spit-shined poppy and heaviness without being too metallic. Their two major label full-lengths, 1993’s Slip and 1995’s Manic Compression, are rife with Walter Schreifiel’s semi-melodic shout and intelligent, minimalist lyrics, Sergio Vega’s grindy bass tone, Tom Capone’s shrieking guitar, and loud hooks that lodge in your ear. The band briefly reformed in 1997 after their breakup following Manic, but alas things fell apart again.
This grab bag of goodies has treats aplenty. Opening Japanese edition Slip bonus track “How Soon Is Now” finds the band applying their trademark guitar washes and angsty stomp to the Smiths classic, easily doing it justice. “Shovel” is pretty damned fast at points for a Quicksand song, but they’re just as capable in that realm as they are their mid-tempo riffing (which the song eventually lapses into anyway). The main riff of “Chelsea’s Going Under” draws comparison to Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger and “In The End” is about to tie Slip’s “Lie and Wait” as my favorite Quicksand song. It’s somewhere between the more accessible sounds of Walter’s susbequent outfit Rival Schools and Quicksand’s stompiness, but the simple chorus is totally catchy and Walter’s lamentations cascade perfectly over Capone’s riffs.
There’s more great unreleased songs, rough versions of album cuts and a few live tracks, but my other personal favorite part of the collection is the acoustic version of Manic Compression’s “Thorn In My Side.” The studio version sounds like dudes were jamming a ton of Rage Against the Machine’s first record-- and I mean that 100% affectionately, I heart RATM-- but here Walter just sounds hurt and brooding.
If you’ve never heard this fantastic band before, be sure to go buy Slip and Manic Compression.
Finally, I’ve read of a forthcoming vinyl reissuing of Slip. Confirm/deny, anyone?
-Asa
6 comments:
it's happening, coming out early 2011 on academy fight song records. http://vinylcollective.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=56296&page=1
slip has already been (re)released.
i bought it last month.
"In The End," "Constant Tension," and "Weed It Out" are amazing songs. This is the most complete comp of Quicksand rarities ever. It represents years of scrubbing the darkest corners of the internet for 'em.
i'm glad you posted this, a friend bought it off ebay a few years ago and my copy got thrashed... these songs are great... i also heard some of these songs were from the worlds fastest car demos....
Thanks a lot! I really like Quicksand but discovered them too late...
Can't believe i stumbled across this - you made my whole week! thanks for the download. I am now an official fan of your blog :)
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