Framing Hanley To Release New Album 'The Sum Of Who We Are' This Year - Check Out Sampler Now
Monday, 07 January 2013
Written by Elliott Batte
Nashville outfit Framing Hanley have announced that they’re set to release their third record ‘The Sum of Who We Are’ late this year.
The new LP is the long awaited follow up to their 2010 release ‘A Promise to Burn’ and their debut album ‘The Moment’ (2008) - which featured their hit singles ‘Hear Me Now’ and ‘Lollipop’. Their highly anticipated new effort will be released later this year - you can check out a five-track sampler out below.
‘The Sum of Who We Are’ is the bands boldest artistic statement to date, capturing the essence of innocence and hope, light, darkness, struggle and determination. The album’s cover is a powerful image that conjures up deep emotions, resonating with the lyrical and musical theme of the album.
“The cover is a photo of my son at the park taken by our drummer Chris' wife Krystl,” states frontman Kenneth Nixon. “When my wife showed me the picture, it immediately resonated in so many ways. At the time, the other band members and I were all going back and forth for cover ideas for the record, but when I saw this, it was just too strong of an image to not be used. It was perfect!”
He continued: “Looking at that picture I see so many things. I see innocence. I see determination... the ‘I'll make my own path’ adage. Walking from the light, to the darkness; that to me is a pretty heavy statement in itself. I could go on all day with a million different things of what the picture says to me, but the best thing about this cover is I think it's a picture people can look at and interpret their own meaning. No different than a song really. I love hearing a fan's perspective of a song because it is always different. I expect this picture to be the same.”
‘The Sum of Who We Are’ was funded entirely by the band’s loyal fanbase, who donated money via a Kickstarter campaign. “First and foremost, our incredible fans are the reason it's even possible,” Nixon explains. “They funded the entire thing on Kickstarter. That is still unbelievable to us. Every band says that they feel like they're getting better with the years. So while I feel that's a trite statement, I can't deny it. We've never written as much material for an album as we did for this one. We had to cut so many songs that we felt were strong. We also recorded songs for the album that we felt weren't ‘there’ yet only to go back to the drawing board and get it right. This record from start to finish will be all that we have in us. The ‘sum of who we are’ if you will.”
The band will definitely be touring the record this year - so stay with Stereoboard to find out when they’ll hit a venue near you. For now check out the sampler below.
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The new LP is the long awaited follow up to their 2010 release ‘A Promise to Burn’ and their debut album ‘The Moment’ (2008) - which featured their hit singles ‘Hear Me Now’ and ‘Lollipop’. Their highly anticipated new effort will be released later this year - you can check out a five-track sampler out below.
