Movements announce new album ‘Happier Now’
MOVEMENTS have announced a brand new album!
The Southern California post-hardcore band are set to release their fourth full-length record, Happier Now, on September 4th via Fearless Records. The upcoming album serves as the follow-up to 2023’s RUCKUS! and continues to build on the band’s evolving sound and reputation within the scene.
Speaking about the new record, vocalist Patrick Miranda shares, “I think at first we weren’t really sure what the record was going to be. We all had a general idea: We wanted it to bring in the early elements of our sound and blend it with the newer material like [2023’s] RUCKUS! and mesh both of those sounds.”
Alongside the announcement, MOVEMENTS have shared two brand new singles, Dissolve Me and Back in My Ways, both of which act as the first taste of the upcoming album. Speaking about Dissolve Me, Miranda explains, “Dissolve Me, the first track we wrote for this record, set a precedent for our writing process. Nailing the lead single for an album cycle on the first try is a significant accomplishment. It felt like the perfect culmination of energy, emotion, and growth for us sonically. Like much of the record, this song is introspective, and It’s a sort of confession about my own social behaviors and the challenges I face in navigating even the smallest or most ‘normal’ everyday interactions. Those feelings tend to accumulate and worsen over time, to the point where they can become debilitating. Sometimes it feels like the only remedy would be to slam my head into a wall.”
On Back in My Ways, he adds, “Back in My Ways was a track that I kinda hated at first. I think there was part of me that was hesitant to want to slip back into the ‘sadder’ side of our music. Sometimes the early versions of the songs we write don’t hit right away, but over time it’s become one of my favorite tracks on the record. This song is a slow burn in more ways than one, and it’s really special.”
Watch the official music video for Dissolve Me / Back in My Ways here:
Also, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming new album below:
Track List:
- Pulse
- Dissolve Me
- Everything Is Fine
- Happier Now
- Flowerbed
- Back in My Ways
- Spellbound
- Ill at Ease
- Live by the Sword
- Everyone I’ve Ever Been
- Fragile Hands
- Separate
Happier Now is set for release on September 4th via Fearless Records. Pre-orders are available now and can be purchased here.
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