Aoife Nessa Frances has shared details of her forthcoming album ‘Protector’ due October 28th via Partisan Records. Along with the album’s announcement, Frances shares the lead single ‘Way To Say Goodbye’ that she notes is, “a song about endings and a new beginning.”
“‘Way To Say Goodbye’ reflects the feelings when a relationship ends, the difficulty of letting something go. How fear of loneliness can make you hold on to something for too long after it no longer serves you. The process of writing this song was incredibly cathartic and healing.”
‘Protector’ came to be in the spring of 2020, when Aoife moved from Dublin to rural County Clare. It was there, amidst the stillness, that she began to work on the songs that would become her second album: a personal, mystical journey of self-discovery through dislocation, transformation, and restoration.
The album was recorded in a small house in County Kerry, at the foothills of the Annascaul, with Brendan Jenkinson (producer, keys, bass, synth, clarinet), Brendan Doherty (drums), Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (string arrangements) and Conor O’Brien (horn arrangements).
“Writing and recording this album was a spiritual experience. I experienced love for my family on a level I didn’t know existed, while slowly putting myself back together and watching the “protector” in me grow much bigger. Protector acknowledges the part of myself that steers me towards a brighter path.”
Watch the video for ‘Way To Say Goodbye’ directed by Ellius Grace. Pre-order / pre-save ‘Protector’ HERE. Aoife Nessa Frances is set to support destroyer on his upcoming European tour before embarking on her own headline tour in November
Protector tracklist:
1. Way To Say Goodbye
2. This Still Life
3. Emptiness Follows
4. Chariot
5. Back To Earth
6. Only Child
7. Soft Lines
8. Day Out Of Time
DESTROYER Tour Dates:
21 SEP 2022 / NL / Amsterdam / Paradiso
23 SEP 2022 / SE / Lund / Mejeriet
24 SEP 2022 / SE / Stockholm / Slaktkyrkan
25 SEP 2022 / NO / Oslo / Bla
26 SEP 2022 / DK / Copenhagen / Vega
29 SEP 2022 / DE / Berlin / Lido
30 SEP 2022 / DE / Cologne / Gebaude9
1 OCT 2022 / CH / Zurich / Rote Fabrik
2 OCT 2022 / CH / Lucerne / Subpol
5 OCT 2022 / DE / Schorndorf / Manufaktur
6 OCT 2022 / FR / Metz / Les Trinitaires
7 OCT 2022 / FR / Paris / Petit Bain
8 OCT 2022 / BE / Ghent / C Mine
9 OCT 2022 / BE / Antwerp / Trix
Headline UK, EUROPE & IRELAND tour
01 NOV 2022 / UK / Leeds / Brudenell Social Club
02 NOV 2022 / UK / Manchester / Castle Hotel
03 NOV 2022 / UK / Glasgow / Nice n Sleazy
04 NOV 2022 / UK / Todmorden / Golden Lion
05 NOV 2022 / UK / Nottingham / Rough Trade
06 NOV 2022 / UK / Bristol / Rough Trade
08 NOV 2022 / UK / London / Moth Club
09 NOV 2022 / UK / Brighton / Prince Albert
11 NOV 2022 / BE / Brussels / Botanique
12 NOV 2022 / BE / Kortrijk / Sonic City
15 NOV 2022 / FR / Limoges / Le Phare
16 NOV 2022 / FR / Paris / Les Femmes s’en Mêlent Festival
17 NOV 2022 / DE / Cologne / Blue Shell
18 NOV 2022 / DE / Hamburg / Molotow
19 NOV 2022 / DE / Berlin / Prachtwerk
20 NOV 2022 / CH / Düdingen / Bad Bonn
21 NOV 2022 / IT / Milan / ARCI BELLEZZA
23 NOV 2022 / NI / Belfast / Ulster Sports Club
24 NOV 2022 / IE / Dublin / Whelans
25 NOV 2022 / IE / Limerick / Dolans, Upstairs
26 NOV 2022 / IE / Galway / Roisin Dubh
27 NOV 2022 / IE / Cork / Quiet Lights, Coughlans Bar