Anxious Return With Explosive Single ‘Don’t Move’

Anxious have kickstarted a fresh era with a blistering new track, their first new material since 2025 album ‘Bambi’.

The band’s latest single is titled ‘Don’t Move’, and it’s a masterclass in alternative rock songwriting. Flecked with hardcore and emo grit whilst building on the band’s melodic punch, it’s made for the live show, overflowing with moments that feel like a shot of pure euphoria.

Speaking on the track, vocalist Grady Allen has shared:

“This song is about a relationship that defined my early twenties falling apart – then trying and failing to rebuild it. 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.”

Take a listen below.

Anxious will be hitting the road across North America this summer alongside label mates Citizen.

Check out the full list of dates below.

AUGUST

18: CHICAGO, IL Thalia Hall
19: CHICAGO, IL Thalia Hall
21: COLUMBUS, OH Newport Music Hall
22: CLEVELAND, OH Globe Iron
23: PITTSBURGH, PA Stage AE
25: TORONTO, ON Danforth Music Hall
28: BROOKLYN, NY Brooklyn Steel
29: PHILADELPHIA, PA Union Transfer
30: BOSTON, MA Big Night Live

SEPTEMBER

1: SILVER SPRING, MD The Fillmore Silver Spring
2: NORFOLK, VA The NorVa
3: GREENVILLE, SC Radio Room Greenville
4: ST. PETERSBURG, FL Jannus Live
5: FORT LAUDERDALE, FL Revolution
7: ATLANTA, GA The Masquerade (Heaven)
9: AUSTIN, TX Emo’s
10: DALLAS, TX Studio at Factory
11: SAN ANTONIO, TX The Aztec Theatre
13: EL PASO, TX 808
15: MESA, AZ The Nile Theater
17: LOS ANGELES, CA Hollywood Palladium
18: SAN FRANCISCO, CA The Regency Ballroom
19: SACRAMENTO, CA Wonder Ballroom
21: PORTLAND, OR Crystal Ballroom
22: SEATTLE, WA Showbox SoDo
24: SALT LAKE CITY, UT Grand at The Complex
26: DENVER, CO Ogden Theatre
28: ST. LOUIS, MO The Hawthorn
30: MINNEAPOLIS, MN Varsity Theater