FRAMING HANLEY SET TO RELEASE ‘DO YOU FEEL GUILTY BEING OKAY?’ OUT JULY 31
July 7, 2026
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NEW YORK, NY — (July 7, 2026) – Since releasing their new single “The Reckoning” back in April, the Nashville, TN quartet Framing Hanley have enjoyed seeing fans embrace the song and its message. “The Reckoning” really sets the tone as the first taste of the band’s forthcoming fifth studio album entitled, Do you feel guilty being okay?. It’s a song that flips the usual survivor’s narrative on its head. Rather than singing as the wounded party, vocalist Kenneth Nixon steps into the role of consequence itself, the thing you can’t outrun no matter how long you’ve gotten away with pretending. Wrapped in gambling imagery and delivered with an ice-cold confidence, it’s less a confrontation with someone else than a confrontation with the version of yourself you buried.
To date, the official music video for the song has amassed a large amount of interest surpassing 1 Million views. Watch “The Reckoning” video directed by EmbryoHERE.
Scheduled for release July 31, Do you feel guilty being okay?is the kind of title 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.
“Framing Hanley is a form of therapy for me,” says Nixon. “It’s always mind-blowing when anybody connects with our music. We write about what we see and feel. This band is a true representation of our lives. It’s a vehicle for us to navigate what we’re going through.”
Do you feel guilty being okay? Framing Hanley doesn’t have a clean answer. That’s kind of the whole record.
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 Richie Wicander (Fire from the Gods) and in the process have pulled from inspirations as far ranging as Glassjaw, Childish Gambino, and Jason Isbell.
Nixon recently sat down with Loudwire Nights host Chuck Armstrong for an interview to discuss the process that went into making the new album, check it out HERE.
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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.
