Upcoming Releases

Frame and Mantle is excited to share that their sophomore album, Well Of Light, is set to be released on June 27th. Featuring recent singles “Standstill” and “Down A Thousand”, Well of Light was recorded with Larry Luther at Mr. Smalls Recording Studio in Pittsburgh.

“The music on our new full length album, Well of Light, evokes feelings of being surrounded and consumed by shadows, with only slivers of lightness peeking through the canopy above. This idea is further bolstered by the album art, which was inspired by the Lisheen House, an abandoned manor in the Irish countryside that has been completely overtaken by trees,” shares guitarist/principal songwriter Brian Thompson. “Additionally, whereas our previous full length had lyrics inspired by The Legend of Zelda, Well of Light has lyrics inspired by Dark Souls, if that tells you anything about the album.”

Post-emo pioneers Frame and Mantle formed in 2014 in northwest Pennsylvania. Now based in Pittsburgh, the band's previous releases, 2016’s While Our Fields Lie Fallow EP, 2019’s debut full length Lost Under Nighttime Sky, and the 2023 EP Above a Burning World, embraced both post-rock builds and textures and emo-indebted urgency. Frame and Mantle will be releasing their long-awaited sophomore album, titled Well of Light, on June 27, 2025.

The artwork for Well of Light conjures up the album’s same ethereal and otherworldly atmosphere. It was provided by Brookesia Studio, known for their work with bands like The World Is a Beautiful Place and I Am No Longer Afraid to Die, Osees, Amyl and the Sniffers, and more.

Well of Light tracklist:

1. Well of Light
2. Green Grove Zone
3. Down a Thousand
4. Failsafe
5. Not Your Enemy
6. Chokehold
7. Standstill
8. Silent Film
9. Changeling
10. In the Absence of Sound