“Somewhere among Joanna Newsom, Jeff Buckley, and Fleet Foxes.” 

Pitchfork, Best New Music

“Hannah Frances is a stunning vocalist and songwriter making monumental freak folk music.”

NPR All Songs Considered

“A 5/4 beat creates a heaving momentum that’s compounded with layered, staggered vocals and a pileup of guitars, reed instruments and feedback.”
The New York Times on “Surviving You”

“Shards of pure folk goodness poke through the ambitious abstract arrangements [...] think Jolie Holland, Joanna Newsom or Joni Mitchell” — Uncut, 8/10 

“[Hannah Frances’]  lyrics [are] blazing with purpose”— The Guardian

“Resilience isn’t stoicism; it’s motion, breath, re-entry. ‘Life’s Work’ turns trust into labor, ritual, a spidery lattice, a grin stretching tight even as it trembles.” — Paste, The Best Songs of the Week

“Expanding her palette, [Nested in Tangles] utilises string, horn, and wind arrangements, held together by [Hannah Frances’] prodigal fingerpicking finesse.” CLASH


“Poetic vulnerability and an experimental song structure [...] Her voice is a sleek arrow” — Stereogum

RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS

Alternative Press includes Nested in Tangles in October releases column

Beginnings Podcast interviews Hannah Frances

Brooklyn Vegan reviews Nested in Tangles in Notable Releases column

Brooklyn Vegan features “The Space Between” in New Songs column

Chicago Reader includes Constellation show in Early Warnings column

Consequence includes Nested in Tangles in Upcoming Releases column

DIY Magazine lists Nested in Tangles in October 2025 Release Calendar (UK)

The FADER lists Nested in Tangles in New Music Friday column 

Exclaim! includes Nested in Tangles in New Releases column

The Guardian reviews Nested in Tangles [4/5]

Northern Transmissions shares “Life’s Work” single [VIDEO OF THE DAY]

NPR Music includes Nested in Tangles in The Long List

Our Culture features Nested in Tangles in Albums to Stream column [HEADLINE MENTION]

Our Culture runs Artist Spotlight Feature

Our Culture shares “The Space Between” single/video

Paste Magazine runs Feature by Grant Sharples

Paste reviews Nested in Tangles [9.1, PASTE PICK] 

Paste mentions “The Space Between” in Best New Songs column

Paste features “Life’s Work” in Best New Songs column

Paste mentions “Life’s Work” in POP Montreal essay

Pitchfork features Nested in Tangles in Albums You Should Listen To Now column

Pitchfork mentions Nested in Tangles in Grizzly Bear feature

Stereogum reviews Nested in Tangles [ALBUM OF THE WEEK]

Stereogum shares “The Space Between” single/video

Treble reviews Nested in Tangles [ALBUM OF THE WEEK]

Uncut includes “Life’s Work” in October New Music Playlist (UK)

UPROXX mentions Nested in Tangles in October Release column

The Avocado includes Nested in Tangles in Friday New Music

Benzine Mag includes Nested in Tangles in New Music column (FR)

Click Boom Roll shares “The Space Between” press release (UK)

The Deli shares “The Space Between” single/video

The Deli shares “Life’s Work” single/video

DoD Magazine includes “The Space Between” in Novedades Musicales column 

DoD Magazine shares “The Space Between” single/video (ES)

DoD Magazine features “Life’s Work” in in Novedades Musicales Column (ES)

The Fat Angel Sings shares “Life’s Work” single/video (UK)

Frontview Magazine shares “The Space Between” single/video (BE)

Fruit Tree Records features “Surviving You” in Fresh Juice column (UK)

God Is In The TV reviews Nested in Tangles

IndieHoy features Nested in Tangles in Discos Nuevos column [PHOTO IN LEAD COLLAGE]

Mixed Grill features Nested in Tangles in Album Round Up [LEAD PHOTO] (Netherlands)

The New Cue features Nested in Tangles in Substack [HEADLINE MENTION]

No Expectations includes “Life’s Work” in playlist

Niche Music shares “The Space Between” (JP)

No More Workhorse includes Nested in Tangles in Album of the Week (UK)

One Chord to Another includes “Life’s Work” in New Music playlist

Post-Trash includes Nested in Tangles in Out This Week column

Post-Trash includes Nested in Tangles in New & Upcoming Sidebar

R+ shares “The Space Between” single/video

Silent Radio includes “Nested in Tangles” in Album Round Up (UK)

Shatter the Sounds includes Nested in Tangles in New Music Drops

Tinnitist shares Nested in Tangles [ALBUM OF THE WEEK]

Various Small Flamesshares “The Space Between” single/video(UK)

New York Times shares album announcement and “Surviving You”

Line of Best Fit shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video

BrooklynVegan shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video

CLASH shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video (UK)

Exclaim! shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video

The Needle Drop shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video

Our Culture shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video (UK)

Pitchfork adds Nested in Tangles to New Releases calendar

Pitchfork shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video

Stereogum shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video

Treble shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video

The Autumn Roses shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video (UK)

KLOF shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video (UK)

WRSZW shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video{JP}

Pitchfork features “Surviving You” in Pitchfork Selects Column

Under The Radar features “Surviving You” in Best Songs of the Week Column

The Deli shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video

Higher Plain Music shares album announce and “Surviving You” single/video

One Chord to Another shares “Surviving You” in New Music Column

Post-Trash shares “Surviving You” in Post-Trash Weekly Playlist

Various Small Flames features “Surviving You” in Weekly Listening Column

AWARDS
REVIEWS

PITCHFORK
BEST NEW ALBUM

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.”

— Grayson Currin

PITCHFORK
BEST MUSIC OF 2024

RIYL: Alternate tunings; close harmonies; fantasy-league John Fahey x Joni Mitchell collabs; freight-train clatter; the changing seasons; old-growth forests; the Old Farmer’s Almanac; catharsis

PASTE MAGAZINE
BEST ALBUMS OF 2024

Hannah Frances’ fifth album just gets better and better with every single listen. The Chicagoan’s songwriting sticks to you like glue, and songs like “Bronwyn,” “Husk” and “Vacant Intimacies” are so pensive and full of solemn conviction that you’d be remiss to not engage with it at every waking moment.

BANDCAMP
BEST ALBUMS OF WINTER 2024

“Dedicated to the singer-songwriter’s late father, Keeper of the Shepherd sublimates her personal struggles into a collection of orchestral, multi-scaled folk songs with palpable animist undertones.”

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