Diandra Reviews It All

Humility is a hard thing to capture as both a spirit and songstress. Frances debut album, Things I’ve Never Said feels like you have opened a good book to meet a protagonist/ heroine humbling her soul to the ends and new beginnings marking her relationships. Cited as the new Adele, Frances might be receiving these comparisons because, like Adele, she comes off like an old soul with a with a heart open to learning how it breaks and beats for others.
Frances – Say It Again

Say It Again

Human beings can live a lifetime without knowing themselves and even caring to see how they work as persons moving in their decisions and paths. Hence, you will not believe that Frances is a 23-years-old when you hear this album. From songs like “Cry Like Me”, “It Isn’t Like You” and “Love Me Again”, you will feel that Frances, Berkshire, England native, is too young to have her heartbroken or be undergoing relationships that feel too life-changing for someone in the freshness of her youth. Yet, what made Adele and Sam Smith famous was that, for their young age, they represented an eloquence and timelessness that has no age because it is based in love. You may marvel at how wise and spiritually conscious Frances is in tracks such as “Grow”, “The Last Word”, “Don’t Worry About Me”, and “Borrowed Time” because each are piano laced bits of mindful advice. Yet, they come off as mindful and again too old for such a young woman because everyone expects honesty and humility to come with age. But Francis proves such gifts come with how you absorb experience not with simply having them.
Frances – Grow

Grow

I know that Frances is going to be continuously compared to her other fellow British superstars, as mentioned above, but she is incomparable. Her entire album feels like the classic 90’s episodes of MTV unplugged, where the artist had to strip back all the synths, gather all their strings, and let their voice flow out of them with no filter. Frances voice is a ripe blend of tender and mature. She has a lower register that comes off lighter when it meets her piano because, for some celestial reason, when her vocals match the strings of her melodies stars are born. Thus, Things I’ve Never Said is gorgeous because it is simple and raw with its emotions. You feel like you have picked up the diary of a woman tracking her growth as a human being, and, frankly, Frances is doing very well. From the lovely “Sublime” to the gut-wrenching “Drifting”, she has a way of making your deepest thoughts understandable to you. Suddenly, you get how your relationship works “When It Comes To Us” or you realize that “Cloud 9” is not some place in heaven but a perspective you have to achieve on earth. Therefore, the magic of Frances’ debut is that it is like a greatest hits record of piano driven songs, but also a stream of lifelong philosophies to live by and to listen. For more information on Frances and to buy Things I’ve Never Said On March 17 click here.
Frances – Don’t Worry About Me

Don’t Worry About Me