Framing Hanley is a quintet that surrounds its collective life with pointed melodies and harmonies, sounding like a major league arena act that just has to have the right opportunity to achieve mainstream success. Closing your eyes, you can easily imagine an arena rocking out to these melodies. <\/p>\n
A probable set opener is “Home.” The influences of artists like Breaking Benjamin and 3 Days Grace are evident immediately on this track. Guitarists Brandon and Tim work effortlessly with drummer Chris and bassist\/vocalist Luke to build a foundation that compliments vocalist Nixon. It’s a combination that works successfully on each of these 11 tracks, of which there is no filler. <\/p>\n
“Built For Sin” follows “Home” and starts slow before accelerating to a good mid-tempo rocker. Nixon is moody without being overbearing as he sings “There’s a train leaving town \/ if you hurry up \/ I think you just might make it \/ Dammit, I hope you make it.” “Hear Me Now” is the closest the band comes to having a mainstream radio rock-ready hit. The song employs standard devices, such as sporadic guitars and screaming a la Linkin Park, to add color to the song, while Nixon sings “My body is on the floor \/ and I’m calling out to you \/ Can you hear me now?” <\/p>\n
It isn’t every day that a band like this sings a song about dancing, but that’s the topic in “Slow Dance.” Nixon takes us into his mind as he sings “She pardons me for stepping on her toes \/ I’ve heard she’s a pageant queen \/ so what’s she doing dancing with me?” The band follows that with “All In Your Hands” and “It’s Not What They Said,” both stellar examples of talent. <\/p>\n
The peak of this release is “Alone In This Bed (Capeside).” Singing about the loss of a loved one, Nixon sings, “Tonight I’m reaching out to the stars \/ I think that He owes me a favor \/ it doesn’t matter where you are \/ I’ll hold you again.” The loss is carried from Nixon’s heart through his vocals and *sniff* it’s an emotional song. Balancing out the emotional tearjerker, the band ends this release with two upbeat rockers. <\/p>\n
Framing Hanley has the potential to join the rankds of Breaking Benjamin, 3 Days Grace and others that are enjoying commercial success on rock radio. This album contains material that is well written, devoid of filler and full of hooks — a rarity in rock these days — that make these guys worth keeping an eye on. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":28986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[8040],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-40494","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-framing-hanley","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40494"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40494"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}