Last year, Anxious released their awesome second record Bambi. The Connecticut emo outfit is getting ready for their stacked tour with Citizen, Hotline TNT, Rocket, and Cryogeyser, so they're sharing a new banger called "Don't Move," which takes influence from Jimmy Eat World and up-and-coming Australian indie duo Armlock.
"This song is about a relationship that defined my early twenties falling apart — then trying and failing to rebuild it," vocalist Grady Allen explains, continuing:
It's about disengaging with reality in hopes of reclaiming the bond you've lost with someone, but never feeling truly close in the process. "Don't Move" is about knowing that feeling, but trying to ignore it in the hope that things will change.
This song was the first song from a group of tracks I started writing at the end of last summer. There were no expectations for a record, or for a cohesive idea of what that would mean — it just felt like there was a lot of space for "let's just put together whatever comes naturally and see what happens." The bridge for this song came first and I was trying to channel some of the atmospheric building action that happens a lot on the B-side of Jimmy Eat World's Clarity. I was also super inspired by Armlock, probably my favorite new band of the last several years. Their layered acoustic guitars and vocals was something I was trying to pull off on the bridge.
Check it out below along with the tour dates.
TOUR DATES:
08/18 – Chicago, IL @Thalia Hall *
08/19 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *
08/21 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *
08/22 – Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron *
08/23 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *
08/25 – Toronto, CA @ Danforth Music Hall*
08/28 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel *
08/29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
08/30 – Boston, MA @ Big Night Live *
09/01 – Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring *
09/02 – Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa *
09/03 – Greenville, SC @ Radio Room Greenville
09/04 – St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live *
09/05 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution *
09/07 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Heaven) *
09/09 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
09/10 – Dallas, TX @ Studio at Factory *
09/11 – San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre *
09/13 – El Paso, TX @ 808
09/15 – Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater *
09/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium *
09/18 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom *
09/19 – Sacramento, CA @ Wonder Ballroom *
09/21 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom*
09/22 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo *
09/24 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Grand at The Complex *
09/26 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *
09/28 – St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn *
09/30 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater *
10/01 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave *
10/02 – Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre *
10/03 – Bloomington, IN @ Best Day Ever
* w/ Citizen, Hotline TNT, Rocket, Cryogeyser
