Chicago’s Fran are releasing their last album single, “God” today. Wistfully contemplative, the song presents another keen take of melancholic entanglement set to effortless melodic guitar and string arrangements that feel astutely impactful, making her another force to watch in the constantly evolving Chicago music scene. The track comes paired with a lyric video made by Jacobsen that juxtaposes scenes from a desolate midwestern winter, accurately refracting "God"'s...

Chicago’s Fran are releasing their third album single, “Palm Trees” today. Fran’s songwriter, Maria Jacobson, evokes the imagery of a burning palm tree as she wrestles with the catastrophes of climate disaster. The song was born out of a 2019 article that stated the world had a year and a half to figure out climate change. The implications of this song coming out in 2022, with that benchmark, and...

Fran, the Chicago-based project from Maria Jacobson, released their debut LP, A Private Picture, in November of 2019. The band’s debut album garnered praise from Pitchfork, NPR Music, Stereogum, Paste Magazine, The Chicago Reader, Bandcamp and many more. Today Fran is announcing of their sophomore album, Leaving, following their last single “So Long”. Leaving will be out on January 20th via Fire Talk Records. On their new record Fran...

Fran, the Chicago-based project from Maria Jacobson, released their debut LP, A Private Picture, on Fire Talk Records in November of 2019, which garnered praise from Pitchfork, NPR Music, Stereogum, Paste Magazine, The Chicago Reader, and many more. Fran is returning today with the new single “So Long”, Jacobson’s first new music since the release of her debut. On “So Long,” Jacobson digs deeper into the indie-folk she played...

We're excited to finally share Fran's debut album "A Private Picture" due out this Friday November 15th on Fire Talk. Hype Machine has the stream & says "Chicago-based project Fran began when artist Maria Jacobson taught herself guitar as a way to process change. Following a disillusioning season as a theatre actor and a few failed relationships, Jacobson took a job teaching English in Mexico, which afforded her the downtime...