Released 28th October 2022.

In spring of 2020, Aoife Nessa Frances moved out of the city for the first time in her life. After packing up her things in Dublin, shemoved to rural County Clare on the west coast of Ireland, and there, amidst the stillness, she worked on the songs that would becomeher second album, Protector. The resulting body of work deftly juxtaposes golden hours and arguments, affection and alienation, andabove all marks a crucial period of her life that was transformative and left her wiser.

"I might have been running away from my problems,"she admits. "I was disconnected from myself and from nature, but I found peacefar away from the city, where there were no distractions. I isolated myself with nothing to do but make music. Writing Protector
provided Frances an essential sounding board for this journey. "I felt a growing inner strength that guided me through the making ofthis album. It was like sculpting with my