{"id":98139,"date":"2026-10-30T09:48:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=98139"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:48:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T09:48:22","slug":"the-now-release-second-album-moments-in-motion-dancefloor-indie-for-the-broken-hearted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2026\/10\/the-now-release-second-album-moments-in-motion-dancefloor-indie-for-the-broken-hearted\/","title":{"rendered":"The Now Release Second Album \u2018Moments In Motion\u2019: Dancefloor Indie For The Broken-Hearted"},"content":{"rendered":"

It turns out you don\u2019t actually have to stick to heavy distortion and standard verse-chorus quiet-loud tropes to make a genuinely massive rock record. On their second album, ‘Moments in Motion’, South Wales four-piece The Now<\/a> make a pretty sensational case for ditching the old playbook entirely and bringing the dance floor into the garage instead.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The leap they\u2019ve made since 2024s ‘Too Hot To Handle’ is staggering. Where their debut was a classic, raw guitar-driven affair, this new 12-track collection feels like a band throwing open the studio doors, breathing in fresh air, and realizing they can make music that genuinely makes people move. You can hear everything from Prince and Michael Jackson to ABBA bubbling beneath the surface.<\/p>\n

Take a track like \u2018Drug\u2019, which hits with the kind of erratic, intoxicating energy that perfectly mirrors the toxic relationship it\u2019s about. Or \u2018Infection\u2019, a total highlight that wrestles with how getting older slowly impacts your individuality, wrapped up in a beat so slick you almost forget how heavy the lyricism is.<\/p>\n

Frontman Shane Callaghan and the boys (Callum Bromage on guitar, Leon O\u2019Leary on bass, and Will Scott on drums) have figured out how to make heavy emotional themes feel totally weightless without losing any of their punch.<\/p>\n

\u2018Breathe\u2019 really stops you in your tracks. Dedicated to the late relative who first put a guitar in Callaghan\u2019s hands, it\u2019s a beautifully raw piece of songwriting that proves they can do fragile introspection just as effortlessly as a room-shaking anthem.<\/p>\n

By the time the album wraps up, you\u2019re left with the sense that The Now aren’t trying to fit into the current UK indie landscape – they\u2019re actively trying to shake it up. Moments in Motion is vibrant, confident, and ridiculously fun to listen to. It\u2019s the exact sound of a band finding their stride and running with it at full speed.<\/p>\n

Stream ‘Moments In Motion’ here<\/a>, and find out more about The Now and their music online via their official\u00a0Website<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, and Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It turns out you don\u2019t actually have to stick to heavy distortion and standard verse-chorus quiet-loud tropes to make a genuinely massive rock record. On their second album, ‘Moments in Motion’, South Wales four-piece The Now make a pretty sensational case for ditching the old playbook entirely and bringing the dance floor into the garage instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":98140,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[24321,21448,7,21455,9],"tags":[111,24424,1813,33834,144,77,18471,116,33833],"class_list":["post-98139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album-of-the-week","category-album-reviews","category-music","category-new-albums","category-new-releases","tag-album","tag-album-of-the-week","tag-album-review","tag-moments-in-motion","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-polly-havelock","tag-review","tag-the-now"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-pwT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":96935,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2026\/08\/the-now-announce-second-album-moments-in-motion-and-launch-pre-save\/","url_meta":{"origin":98139,"position":0},"title":"The Now Announce Second Album ‘Moments in Motion’ and Launch Pre-Save","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"14\/08\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"South Wales four-piece, The Now, have announced the release of their highly anticipated second album, 'Moments in Motion', with the twelve-track record set to arrive on 27th October 2026 via Trew Music. 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