DW190
FRAMEWORKS "Smother"
CD - $7.00 / LP - $9.60 / CASSETTE - $6.00
STREET DATE: 7/8/16
RESTRICTIONS: ADA Accounts Worldwide

Since their 2011 inception, Gainesville’s Frameworks have become a favorite of many in the emotional hardcore scene. Creating music in the vein of Touché Amore, Explosions in the Sky, Modern Life Is War, and other uniquely powerful artists.

“Smother” is the highly anticipated sophomore album from Frameworks, and their first for the Deathwish label. The album was recorded by Matt McClellan (Being As An Ocean, O’ Brother, etc) at Glow In The Dark Studios and mastered by Brad Boatright (Converge, Self Defense Family, etc) at Audiosiege Mastering. “Smother” as a whole is a massive leap forward for Frameworks. The album dynamically pulses with hook-laden melodious riffs and moving emotional crescendos. All of it gushing with a rare creative beauty and maturity that will appeal to listeners from all corners of the underground music world.

TRACK LISTING:
01. Fear of Missing Out
02. Smother
03. Peculiar People
04. Purge
05. Song of Myself
06. Tinnitus
07. Marathon
08. Interlude
09. Trite
10. Tangled
11. The New Narcissistic American Dream

FOR FANS OF:
Touché Amoré, Pianos Become The Teeth, Modern Life Is War, La Dispute

MARKETING POINTS:
 - Full U.S. tour scheduled this summer
 - Recorded by Matt McClellan (Being As An Ocean, O'Brother)
 - Mastered by Brad Boatright (Modern Life Is War, Self Defense Family)
 - Design by J. Bannon (Converge, Blacklisted)
 - "Tangled" premiered via Stereogum
 - "Purge" video premiered via Nerdist

PRESS QUOTES:
"Frameworks are among the last true torchbearers of strong, emotional hardcore." - Noisey