Movements are back. The Southern California post-hardcore band have announced their fourth full-length album, Happier Now, due 4th September 2026 via Fearless Records, and they are not easing anyone in gently — the announcement comes with two new tracks dropped simultaneously.
“Dissolve Me” and “Back in My Ways” arrive together and immediately signal what kind of record this is going to be.
Two singles, two different sides
“Dissolve Me” is the sharper of the two — tense, angular riffs underneath layered vocal harmonies that give the track a push-pull tension between chaos and control. It is the kind of song that earns the word anthemic without softening its edges, and it was apparently the first track written for the record, setting the tone for everything that followed.
“Nailing the lead single for an album cycle on the first try is a significant accomplishment,” says vocalist Patrick Miranda. “It felt like the perfect culmination of energy, emotion, and growth for us sonically.” Lyrically it sits in uncomfortable, honest territory — a confession about social anxiety and the way small everyday interactions can accumulate into something genuinely debilitating. Miranda puts it bluntly: “Sometimes it feels like the only remedy would be to slam my head into a wall.” The music channels that feeling precisely.
“Back in My Ways” operates differently. It is slower, moodier, and takes its time — building steadily through restrained riffs and measured vocals before erupting in the final third into something far more visceral. It is the kind of song that reveals itself over repeated listens, which is apparently how it worked for the band too.
“‘Back in My Ways’ was a track that I kinda hated at first,” Miranda admits. “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.”
What to expect from Happier Now
Produced once again by GRAMMY-winner Will Yip — whose credits include Turnstile, Title Fight and Circa Survive — Happier Now is described by the band as an attempt to bridge their earlier sound with the direction they explored on 2023’s RUCKUS!, pulling both threads together into something that feels like a full-circle moment.
“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 RUCKUS! and mesh both of those sounds,” Miranda explains. The result, across twelve tracks, sounds like a band confident enough in what they do to stop chasing anything other than their own instincts.
Adding to that full-circle feeling, Movements are performing on Warped Tour this summer — a homecoming of sorts for a band shaped by that world, now becoming veterans of the scene that inspired them.
Full tracklist
- 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 arrives 4th September 2026 via Fearless Records and is available to pre-order now.
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