Movements

From Black Flag to the Beach Boys, Southern California boasts a rich musical history, and Movements is one of its last heirs. Since its formation in 2015, the group, made up of vocalist Patrick Miranda, guitarist/bassist Austin Cressey, guitarist Ira George and drummer Spencer York, has evolved from a raw, combative post-hardcore project into a true headliner, amassing more than 775 million streams and taking on the road some of its greatest influences, such as Tigers Jaw and Citizen, as support acts. For their fourth album on Fearless Records, “Happier Now”, the band reunited with Grammy Award-winning producer Will Yip (Turnstile, Title Fight, Circa Survive) to create a record as ambitious as it is emotional, pushing Movements' signature sound towards new heights and further cementing the band as a reference point in the scene.

Whereas the band had previously had to write its albums within tight deadlines between tours, “Happier Now” was written and recorded over three separate one-month sessions spread across the past year, with Grammy Award-nominated producer Will Yip at Studio 4 in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. It is the longest period the band has ever spent in the studio. “I think at the beginning, we weren't really sure what the album was going to become,” admits Patrick Miranda. “We all had a general idea: we wanted to incorporate the first elements of our sound and blend them with more recent things, like “RUCKUS!” [2023], so that these two worlds could coexist.” Two of the tracks from that first session, the immediately catchy anthem “Dissolve Me” and the darker meditation “Back In My Ways”, collectively served as sonic north stars to guide the band throughout the recording process… with, of course, the additional help of Will Yip.