In the prior year, Anxious issued their impressive second album, Bambi. The Connecticut-based emo outfit is gearing up for a stacked run of shows alongside Citizen, Hotline TNT, Rocket, and Cryogeyser, and to a rousing reception they’ve released a fresh track titled “Don’t Move,” drawing on the influence of Jimmy Eat World and the emerging Australian indie duo Armlock.
This track centers on a relationship that helped shape my early twenties and began to fracture — followed by attempts to rebuild it that ultimately fell short.
It’s about pulling away from reality in an effort to recapture the bond you once shared with someone, yet never really feeling truly close in the process. “Don’t Move” is about recognizing that sensation while trying to ignore it, hoping that things might shift.
This song emerged as the first piece from a set of tracks I started writing toward the end of last summer. There weren’t any expectations for a full record, nor a fixed notion of what that would entail — it simply felt like there was ample room to assemble whatever came naturally and see where it led. The bridge came first, and I was aiming to channel some of the atmospheric buildup that frequently surfaces on the B-side of Jimmy Eat World’s Clarity. I was also deeply inspired by Armlock, perhaps my favorite new band in the past several years. Their layered acoustic guitars and vocal textures provided a blueprint I tried to mirror in 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
