Frames exclusive: single, album + artwork revealed!

The Frames go for chart glory again with the August 20 release of ‘Finally’.

It's the first track to be lifted from their new album, which hotpress.com can exclusively reveal is titled Burn The Maps, and will be released September 17.

'Finally' finds Glen Hansard maniacally preaching over a marching snare rhythm that’s equal parts Jimmy Chamberlain and ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart'-era Joy Division.

“Did you fall on your way?/It’s a long way down/Welcome back to your place/Hope you know it now,” Glen intones as the fiddle swirls and the jangly guitar builds.

While not as instantly anthemic as, say, ‘Revelate’ or ‘Pavement Tune’, it sounds like it’d be right at home on US Adult Album Alternative (AAA) rock radio.

Bonus cuts on the various formats include the winsomely acoustic ‘Roads Outgrown’ and ‘The Waiting Room’, a Colm Mac Con Iomaire-penned instrumental that marries cello to the tinkliest of pianos.

Resourceful as ever, the Hot Press Covert Operations Team has managed to track down a copy of the ‘Finally’ cover and the band shot, taken in China, which features inside.

Meanwhile, BellX1 and Halite are the latest additions to the bill for The Frames’ August 21 show in Dublin’s Marlay Park. Completing the line-up are Supergrass and Idlewild.