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Quicksand Returns with "Bring On The Psychics" – Why Nobody Can Replicate Their Sound

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Tom Breihan

10d ago· 2 min readenReview

Summary

A music review/opinion piece discussing Quicksand's return with their upcoming album "Bring On The Psychics," following 2021's "Distant Populations." The article explores why the band is uniquely able to capture their own sound, theorizing that their formative experiences in a more dangerous live music scene give them an authenticity that imitators cannot replicate.

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None of these kids had formative experiences at shows where they might get stabbed.
Quicksand, now that they're back to making records, are better at sounding like Quicksand than anyone else.
How many bands have tried to sound like Quicksand over the years, and how many have failed?
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How many bands have tried to sound like Quicksand over the years, and how many have failed? Dozens? Hundreds? More than that, even? There are lots of reasons why nobody else can pull off the Quicksand sound quite as well, but my working theory is this: No

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