Distant Populations

by Quicksand

Something I have grown to appreciate quite a bit as I get older as a musician, is to find those artists who are making music with vitality in a bracket of time outside of their most "classic" releases. While Slip and Manic Compression are rightful classics, both of the "latter era" Quicksand records (Interiors, and now Distant Populations) stand as examples of interesting evolution for the heavy-groove post-hardcore they have long been respected for. Distant Populations manages to play with the core ingredients in interesting ways: "Lightning Field" brings up the speed, while keeping the drop-D riffs intact; "Brushed" is a stunning blend of 90s "slightly gentler song by a heavy band" alongside a careworn tone throughout that can only… More