Framing Hanley
Envy

Six years have passed since the last time Framing Hanley released and album and we wrote about it. That album was called The Sum of Who We Are and most of it wasn’t very memorable, but the opening track Criminal was really great, so a decent album with a great track. They have been working on this one for three years and describe the album as “the very best of Framing Hanley” and it certainly looks quite good.

Modern rock/hard rock music with decent energy and melody, strong production and good vocals. It is catchy, with some radio friendly stuff and good variation as well as depth makes it an album that you can play many times over. It may not break much new ground, but it feels kind of fresh anyway, and I think it can be described as more mature than last time I heard the band. It is also a good thing that they keep playing time quite sensible with around 47 minutes split over a dozen tracks.

The previous album had one excellent track and the rest were pretty good but only one that really shines, this album also has one pretty excellent track called Puzzle Pieces. The difference is that this new album called Envy has a filling of strong track rather than average one, a good step forward compared with the previous album and possible the very best album of Framing Hanley, it seems like it was three years well spent creating this album.

I doubt any fan will think it was a waste waiting six years for this strong album, and some bands will probably feel a bit of envy towards it. I recommend that you have a look at it, especially if you like that modern alternative rock music that it represents. It has all the puzzle pieces to complete the puzzle of a great album.

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