new album keeper of the shepherd OUT NOW on ruination record co.

BEST NEW MUSIC ON PITCHFORK

“Keeper of the Shepherd is an arrival, not only of a transfixing singer-songwriter who has made a stunning record but also of a person realizing they are more than the pain of their past.”
— PITCHFORK
“HANNAH FRANCES IS A STUNNING VOCALIST AND SONGWRITER. I am absolutely stunned. You could call her music freak folk but it’s really
more monumental than most freak folk.”
— ANN POWERS; NPR'S ALL SONGS CONSIDERED
“Phenomenal Art.”
— Bandcamp Best Albums of Winter 2024
“Hannah Frances’ hypnotic new album Keeper of the Shepherd is a master class in sophisticated songwriting and pastoral scene-setting. Frances is adept at crafting elegantly and eloquently poetic lyrics, but they are accompanied by lush, complex, and deeply felt music. On Keeper of the Shepherd, she places herself among eclectic, “complete” artists like Joni Mitchell and Jeff Buckley. ”
— POPMATTERS
“Her latest record finds her once again evoking the progressive and avant-garde strains of folk, crafting tracks that churn with hypnotic acoustics, densely layered arrangements, and a wondrous lyrical voice.”
— UNDER THE RADAR MAGAZINE
“She has an unorthodox and enthralling approach to songwriting: her songs oscillate between folk, jazz, and indie rock and unfold in ways that are so distinctly her own. Keeper of the Shepherd is transcendentally good.”
— Josh Terry, No Expectations
“A stunning vocalist with incredible songwriting skills.”
— CAST THE DICE

Hannah Frances (b. 1997) is a vocalist, guitarist, composer, and poet that NPR's Ann Powers calls "a stunning vocalist and songwriter, making monumental and mythic freak folk," and was awarded Pitchfork's Best New Music for her triumphant new album Keeper of the Shepherd. Through cutting lyricism and astute fingerpicked polyrhythms, Frances’ perennial sound melds avant-folk, progressive rock, and jazz. There is no singular way Frances grips us with her guitar or her storytelling. Drawing comparisons to Joni Mitchell and Jeff Buckley, her voice is colossal in its strength: piercing, warm, and always poised to embrace, even in its quietest expression. Whether performing as a solo act or with her full seven-piece ensemble, her mythology spellbinds with an insistent gravity.