Movements Announce New Album ‘Happier Now’ & Release Double Single
Southern California post-hardcore favourites Movements are back with a brand new era, announcing their fourth studio album Happier Now, set for release on 4th September 2026 via Fearless Records. Pre-orders are available now.
Alongside the announcement, the band have dropped a double-shot of new material with two contrasting but equally compelling singles: “Dissolve Me” and “Back in My Ways,” offering the clearest glimpse yet at what Happier Now has in store.
Known for their signature blend of mathy, discordant post-hardcore riffs and emotionally charged, forward-thinking melodies, Movements continue to sharpen their identity while pushing into more introspective territory. That evolution is especially evident on “Dissolve Me,” a tense, shimmering track built on angular guitar work and layered vocal harmonies that never sit still for long.
Frontman Miranda describes “Dissolve Me” as a turning point for the record’s creative direction: “‘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 behaviours 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.”
If “Dissolve Me” is the immediate punch, then “Back in My Ways” is the slow-burning emotional collapse. Moody, patient and deliberately restrained, the track builds with tinny guitar lines and understated vocals before erupting in its final third into a torrent of riffs and raw, emotive release.
Miranda admits the song was a gradual win for the band: “‘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 favourite tracks on the record. This song is a slow burn in more ways than one, and it’s really special.”
Together, the two tracks underline the duality at the heart of Happier Now: tension and release, heaviness and melody, introspection and catharsis. It’s a continuation of everything Movements have built their reputation on but with sharper edges and deeper emotional weight.
The record sees the band reunite with GRAMMY-winning producer Will Yip, known for his work with Turnstile, Title Fight and Circa Survive, a collaboration that has helped elevate Movements’ signature blend of post-hardcore intensity and melodic vulnerability into something more expansive, refined, and emotionally charged than ever before.
The result, according to the band, is an album that pushes their sound into new territory while reinforcing their identity as one of modern post-hardcore’s most defining voices.
“I think at first we weren’t really sure what the record was going to be,” explains vocalist Patrick Miranda. “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.”
HAPPIER NOW TRACK LISTING:
“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”
