Framing Hanley Explore Healing on New Album ‘do you feel guilty being okay?’
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Framing Hanley have officially unveiled their fifth studio album, do you feel guilty being okay?, marking a new creative chapter defined by complete artistic independence and a broader sonic vision. Blending hard rock with electronic, R&B, and jazz influences, the record explores the emotional complexities of healing, relationships, and self-acceptance – while featuring the poignant single “Gimme Gimme.” The release also arrives alongside select live dates and continued momentum from the band’s recent resurgence, setting the stage for their most personal collection of songs to date.
A press release from Framing Hanley’s team announced that do you feel guilty being okay? is now available on all major platforms.
The title itself is the kind that stops you before you’ve heard a single note, and that’s the point. The record isn’t about crisis, it’s about what happens after the crisis passes and you’re still standing there waiting to feel like it’s allowed.
“No label, no filter, nobody telling us what a Framing Hanley album is supposed to sound like. This is the album we always wanted to make, and it asks a question I think everybody’s quietly carrying around. I didn’t make this record to prove “we’re back.” I made it because the songs wouldn’t leave me alone. “do you feel guilty being okay?” is the most honest thing we’ve ever put our name on.” – Kenneth Nixon of Framing Hanley
Listen to do you feel guilty being okay?
Folding in electronic textures, R&B, and jazzy detours alongside the heavier, chest-caving energy the band built its reputation on, the group has widened their sonic palette enlisting the album’s Producer Richard Wicander (Fire from the Gods) and in the process have pulled from inspirations as far ranging as Glassjaw, Childish Gambino, and Jason Isbell.
The driving new single, “Gimme Gimme,” sets the tone of the album with its raw honesty and emotion. “‘Gimme Gimme’ is really the emotional center of the album,’ adds Nixon. “It’s what it feels like to sit at a table with someone you love and realize you’re dining with a ghost. The album asks if you feel guilty being okay. This song is what happens right before you get there.”
Do you feel guilty being okay? Framing Hanley doesn’t have a clean answer. That’s kind of the whole record. Stream / Share the album HERE.
do you feel guilty being okay? Tracklisting:
1. Gimme Gimme
2. The Reckoning
3. Pulling Petals
4. Lovesick
5. Centerfold
6. Mean It
7. Don’t Hit The Killswitch
8. Call My Name
9. Lost My Smile
10. The Ever-Afters
11. Sweet Tooth (Lovely)
12. Poor Lil Me
Framing Hanley show dates:
July 31 – Flint, MI – The Machine Shop Tickets
Aug 2 – Columbus, OH – The King of Clubs Tickets
Aug 14 – Nashville , TN – The Basement East Tickets
For more show info click HERE
Watch the official music video for the song “The Reckoning” directed by Embryo. To date, the video has amassed a large amount of interest surpassing 1 Million views.
Watch “The Reckoning” video HERE
Framing Hanley is:
Kenneth Nixon [vocals, guitar]
Nic Brooks [guitar]
Jonathan Stoye [bass, guitar]
Matt Naff [drums]
About Framing Hanley:
Framing Hanley have both captivated and cultivated a diehard audience since emerging in 2007. On their two-decade journey, Framing Hanley have always channeled the sound of healing out loud through their music with an uncanny ability to alchemize open-hearted emotion into anthemic hard rock. Among many highlights, their cover of Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” notably was gold certified, gathering north of 60 million Spotify streams to date.
Renowned for powerhouse performances, they also shined as the rare dynamic force equally comfortable on a bill with either Good Charlotte or Three Days Grace. Their evolution can be audibly traced through a series of fan favorite albums, namely The Moment [2007], A Promise To Burn [2010], The Sum Of Who We Are [2014], and Envy [2020]. The latter marked their return following a period of dormancy, paving the way for “Start A Fire,” “Say Less,” and “Hear Me Now Redux” featuring wrestling legend Jeff Hardy.
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