Another day, another watered down post-hardcore act trying to redefine a genre proliferated by the mediocre, instead merely adding their saturated selves to the growing pile of second-rate predecessors.

Framing Hanley ? formerly known as Embers Fade before renaming themselves as a tribute to drummer Chris Vest?s late fiancee Ashley Hanley ? were ?discovered? by former Creed bassist and current Dark New Day lead singer Brett Hestla, who subsequently pulled strings left, right and centre to get the Tennessee-bred quintet signed to a major record label.

Silent Majority Group snapped them up in June 2008 and the rest, as the old adage goes, is history.

Meanwhile, the musically-cognisant public are left to lament the mainstream arrival of Hestla?s so-called find and along with it a slew of generic rock that pains one?s aural senses with every unsurprising guitar riff and conventional chorus.

?Home?, ?Built For Sin?, ?Hear Me Now? and ?Slow Dance? fail to even mildly impress, while the guttural screaming in ?Wave Goodbye? smacks of lead singer Kenneth Nixon trying to devise a vocal range he certainly doesn?t seem capable of yet.

An unimaginative cover of American rapper Lil Wayne?s ?Lollipop? brings to a welcome close the disappointment, leaving one grateful that Tennessee has at least bred successful hard rock outfits such as Saliva and Day Of Fire, who are unfortunately left to pick up the pieces left by their latest would-be successor?s shortcomings.