Movements perform to sold out crowd in Seattle, WA
Movements - December 11th - The Vera Project, Seattle, WA
Californian quartet Movements, recently performed a handful of small intimate shows along the west coast this December. We caught the band at their sold out show in Seattle at The Vera Project, a volunteer-run nonprofit venue. The band is very familiar with the venue, having performed previously in 2018. The band’s touring career also began at this venue when they performed their first show of their first tour at this venue's art gallery in 2016 opening for Real Friends $5 Tour.
Since their first show at The Vera Project, Movements has grown a lot as a band. This latest show marked the bands 3rd time performing at this venue, the first show happened in the venue's art gallery, which has a much smaller room capacity than the main room where they performed most recently. The band has also released 2 albums, Feel Something (2017) and No Good Left To Give (2020). They performed 16 songs total in Seattle including an unreleased song titled BWB.
The band played many songs off of the Feel Something album, opening up with the album opener Full Circle. A fan favorite that talks about a personal struggle with mental illness. The band went on to play songs like Deep Red, Colorblind, and Don’t Give Up Your Ghost. Halfway through the set, Movements performed an unreleased song BWB. The new song has a bouncy feel while still exploring some heavy concepts. We’re definitely excited to add this to our playlists when it gets released. Finally, the band closed with their cult classic Daylily. This song means so much to so many people, and it feels like a special experience every time we get to see it live.
A fan stage dives during Movements last song, Daylily.
While the band did a great job of performing, the crowd definitely left something to be desired. The usual hordes of crowd surfers seemed to be calm, though a few decided to take the plunge towards the band. Unfortunately for the band, a crowd member crossed a boundary that is NEVER okay to cross. While crowd surfing and having a moment on the stage is cool, grabbing band members and trying to take selfies with them is not. As fans, we have to remember that these artists don’t owe us anything. Grabbing people is harassment, especially in a global pandemic. Knock it off, weirdos.
That being said, a lot of fans seemed to be going through a lot that night. With the nature of the past year mixed with Movements emotional music, you’re bound to have people feeling moved by the tunes. These heavy emotions written in the songs can be a lot to handle, don’t be afraid to let it out, whether that be crying or screaming your lungs out.
You can catch Movements opening up for their close friends in Knocked Loose this spring in cities across the United States. Unfortunately this tour won’t be coming towards Seattle but we enjoyed being able to catch the bands small holiday show this month and can’t wait till they come back.
