Many people are questioning the future of music in terms of its sound, image and legacy. By the looks of it, music seems to be heading down a genre-less path and that is amazing. Bands such as Bring me the Horizon, Dance Gavin Dance, The Word Alive, New Years Day, Crown the Empire and I Prevail, all starting off in a more metal category are now demonstrating multiple sides of their talents that speak to fans of music. Not rock, not metal, not pop, just music in general. It is artists like these that have the ability to bring multiple styles together and in turn, multiple people as well. Movements is another band that continues to bride the gap between multiple genres and sounds.

Movements is a band that needs little to no introduction at this point. From selling out Irving Plaza last year, to delivering a kick ass performance at the Wave Stage at Sonic Temple, Movements is able to deliver a classic sound of pop and rock that is able to serenade us all with great melody and emotion. In their new album No Good Left to Give, the deliver melody and emotion that is 100% pure and true with every passing millisecond.

Opening up with In My Blood, A very mysterious and atmospheric intro gently leads you in with subtle clean guitars and a gentle vocal style that will intrigue you to moving into this album more. Both instrumentally and lyrically, it conveys a lot of emotion. It is able to instill goose bumps and chills. The rhythm slowly ups its tempo a little more as the vocals go more full range and as it moves along, it pulls you more and more into the composition. Skin to Skin ups the tempo a little bit more and even ads some more catchiness behind it. It still maintains a bit of a dreary effect behind it that makes it more serenading but it definitely goes more all in and flows perfectly. Don’t Give up the Ghost– Provides a nice, slow and tender vibe to lead you right in. The vocals remain more subtle and serenading and has a great buildup and suspenseful vibe behind it. It has a nice way of going all in and pulling out at the same time. Tunnel Vision brings a little groove and emotion to the melody that envelopes you more in an atmospheric vibe behind it. It is soft at first but then the vocals hit full force and full range that hits very hard. Though it is polished in its sound it is very raw with its emotion and tenderness. It then takes a turn for the heaviest with the screams at the end.  Darden Eyes is very atmospheric almost teetering on the lines of taking a post metal or progressive music turn that has a nice steady rhythm behind it. Then it morphs into a more crunchy picking style, combining a very raw and dirty aspect behind it. Many sides and many elements are expressed at once. Serving as a rollercoaster of emotion and sonic beauty. 12 Weeks has more of an alternative acoustic vibe behind it that takes a nice and tender roll in continuing the momentum while also experimenting a little more with its sound and harmony. There is a lot of evolution demonstrated on the track with great groove in the solo. Living Apology brings back the dark and atmospheric vibe full force. It is much slower and practically doomy, but the vocals make it pick up speed a little bit more, being beautifully tender once again and has more of a melancholy and dark cloud over it all while remaining calm and collected. Santiago Peak brings back nice catchy aspect of their atmospheric sound that adds a bit of a shoe gaze effect to it. The chorus drives everything home with the full range vocals and the harmonies to support it. Seneca is a bit of a change of pace with a suspenseful rhythmic intro of drums and bass as the start. The subtle vocals deliver set a nice mysterious tone as we are immersed into a realm of beautiful shoe gaze.

Moonlight Lines is when the drums pick up speed a little bit more while the instrumentation and the vocals maintain their subtle vibe behind it. There is more evolution demonstrated in the track that makes it more full with its use of harmonies and rhythm.  The title track No good Left to Give is the shortest song on the album. It can serve as an intro or even an interlude but it is just as strong as every other track on the album. It instantly sets a ballad tone with a great use of keys that sets something very emotional. Ending with Love took the last of it, it picks up from the last note of the title track and delivers a great concluding melody. Using everything we know and love and by letting everything shine equally you feel the range and instrumentation build up more and more as it delivers the final emotional blow for serenading beauty.

Movements has done it again with their signature sound of rock, pop, alternative, shoe gaze and any other genre you can think of on the periodic table of subgenres. Movements is writing the rulebook at this point and their rules seem to be working in their favor. Demonstrating technical excellence, emotion and imagery with their sound, Movements is not just music, but it is an emotional element like no other.

Out now on Fearless\m/ \m/