Framing Hanley

Published by Rhea on June 26, 2009

Commonly known for their cover of Lil Wayne’s Lollipop, Framing Hanley is a band that they put total heart and dedication in their music and what they do. From dealing with death of a close friend of all in the band to re-releasing their debut album The Moment. Framing Hanley is a strong band and they seem to just be getting stronger. (This interview was done with guitarist Ryan Belcher on May 25, 2009 at The Waiting Room in Omaha, NE).

 

SDS: How did Framing Hanley first come to be?

Ryan: How did they first come to be? Um, Chris, Branden, and Luke all met in high school and they worked together and then they got Nixon at, there was just like a college bulletin board looking for a new singer and they found him and then I joined the band a little over a year ago.

 

SDS: How did you guys come up with the name Framing Hanley for the band?

Ryan: Our drummer Chris’ fiance died and she was just a good friend of all of ours and she used to help out with the band so it’s kind of like in memory of her. She was a photographer too so that’s where the framing comes from, it’s like framing Hanley.

 

SDS: Who or what is your main inspiration?

Ryan: My inspiration? Um, I don’t know. I listen to a lot of Elliot Smith and Circa Survive and Cursive. Some of my original inspirations were like Jimi Hendrix and Metallica.

 

SDS: Your album is called The Moment, how did that come as name?

Ryan: I guess it was really. I don’t know, things started happening all at once for the band and it was the time that we all decided that this is really something that we wanted to do. It’s just like the moment when things started to come together the way we wanted it to.

 

SDS: Your album was originally released August of ‘07 and then re-released in November of ‘08. Was there any particular reason you re-released it?

Ryan: Um, well, we went down to Florida a few months prior to the re-release and recorded 3 new songs and we recorded Lollipop and we didn’t want to wait until our next cd and we already put it out as a single so we thought that we would just put that on the cd and re-release it. Yeah

*loud car drives by*

Ryan: *laughs* Sorry

SDS: It’s okay, don’t worry about it

Ryan: And yeah. That was the main reason.

 

SDS: Why did you guys decide to do a cover of that song?

Ryan: We were at this hometown show in Nashville and we kinda wanted to do something different and it was thrown out there as an idea. It kinda got tossed around and laughed at, but we all started figuring out the parts and stuff. And like I said, we only intended on doing it one time, but then our label caught wind of it, we recorded it and yeah, here we are

 

SDS: What is one band other than yourselves that you think people should know about?

Ryan: The Veer Union. The V-E-E-R Union, we got to go on tour with them, they’re from Canada. Those guys are a really great band. They’ve got a new single out called Seasons. You should really check them out.

 

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The Friday Night Boys

Published by Rhea on June 9, 2009

Having been about 4 months since our last interview and 3 years since starting out, on June 9 (today), The Friday Night Boys are to be releasing their debut album titled Off The Deep End. Keeping up with their heart-felt lyrics and catchy beats, singer Andrew Goldstein, guitarist Mike Toohey, bassist Robby Reider, and drummer Chris Barrett are more than ready to throw their record out to the fans.

Released first to the public was song Permanent Heartbreak on their myspace and was even played at several shows. “Permanent Heartbreak is the first song off the cd and I feel like it’s a good preview of what our cd is sort of like. I think it shows the sound and theme of our cd,” states Goldstein. With that said, Off The Deep End is going to have differences as well as similarities to previous release, EP That’s What She Said. “I think it’s a lot better. If you like That’s What She Said you’ll definitely love it, but it has more of a universal feel”, smiles Goldstein, “More rock, more rock & roll”. Having taken the guys only about 24 days to record, track , and produce the album, it’s said to have come out great.

Like all good artists, The Friday Night Boys had some of their ideas turned down, well in the case of the album cover any. “We were originally going to do the cd art of Andrew jumping,” Toohey laughs. “Me jumping off a house into a pool, but when we got there the pool was really narrow and when we got there, it was really high up. The photographer did the first test jumping in and he almost broke his leg,” Goldstein adds. After scratching that idea, the guys decided to come up with something more simple. A picture of a woman in a bikini and someone’s legs hanging over an inner tube chilling in a pool. The most interesting thing though is that the legs in the picture aren’t just anyone’s, they are those of non-other than tour manager Sam Hedenberg.

With the new album coming out, The Friday Night Boys hope to do well with the release of Off The Deep End and lucky for them, they head out on tour with Hey Monday the day after the release (June 10). If you haven’t already, go out and pick up a copy of Off The Deep End today and watch for The Friday Night Boys coming to a city near you!

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