Movements return with “Where I Lay,” a track that leans into the band’s signature dynamic tension while subtly reshaping their sonic identity. The single is accompanied by a visualizer that enhances its themes of isolation and identity.
For vocalist Patrick Miranda, this one wasnโt easy to write. “Lyrically, it’s really emotionally vulnerable and it had me revisiting places with my writing that I hadn’t explored in a while,” he says. “It’s for anyone else out there who feels like they’ve never quite fit right in the world. This one is for the outcasts.”
The songโs artwork, a stark black-and-white image, ties directly into the narrative Movements have been building. Miranda explains, “It’s a behind-the-scenes film photo that I took at the ‘Afraid To Die’ music video shoot!” The visual link isn’t just aestheticโit reinforces a thematic connection between the two songs.
“The idea is that ‘Afraid To Die’ and ‘Where I Lay’ are living in the same world thematically โ and, in some ways, are extensions of one another,” Miranda continues. “In ‘Afraid To Die,’ I’m being chased by masked figures. In ‘Where I Lay,’ the masked figure is going to be me. Since ‘Where I Lay’ is about feeling like you don’t belong, it’s almost this idea that the reason I was being chased in ‘Afraid To Die’ is because I never really was supposed to be part of the group of masked figures to begin with. It’s like you’re wearing a mask to try to blend in, but in the end, it’s pointlessโฆ because one way or another, you’ll be found out.”
“Where I Lay” continues the momentum Movements have built over the past few years. Their 2020 album No Good Left to Give landed at #3 on the Alternative chart, and their streams have doubled since then, surpassing 478 million in the U.S. alone. Theyโve never been a band to settle, though. Their latest album, Ruckus!, produced by Will Yip (Circa Survive, Code Orange), pushes their sound beyond post-hardcore, incorporating elements of punk and even shades of Gorillaz and the Strokes.
Miranda is clear about their intent: “I truly don’t believe that it could have been a more streamlined process, and I don’t think we’ve ever written music that’s as good as what we put together for this record.”
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