Interviews

Q&A with Frances Quinlan of Hop Along

By: Kenny Ristich | Posted: May 30th, 2014

"Even two years after the release of their debut full-length, Get Disowned, I was still finding new things to love about it. The band's unique merger of freak-folk and indie-rock is every bit as emotive as guitarist Frances Quinlan's incredible vocals. Her lyrics draw as much from her own personal life as they do from literature..."

Hop Along: 'It's Fun To Freak Out'

By: Michael Katzif | Posted: June 9th, 2015

"It's practically impossible not to be drawn in by Hop Along's spiky and catchy melodies, or Frances Quinlan's distinctively frayed voice. It's the kind of voice that slides dramatically from scratchy intimacy one minute to intense howling into the night air the next. I first came across the band..."

An Interview with Hop Along: With Eyes Painted Shut

By: Gregg McQueen | Posted: December 9th, 2015

"It happens the moment you listen to any tune by Hop Along: getting bowled over by "that voice." Frances Quinlan's vocals are a unique and otherworldly instrument-part rasp, part sweetness, a chameleonic tool that can mutate seamlessly from croon to howl. "That voice" is the perfect vehicle for breathing life into the flawed..."

The Innocence of Witnessing: A Conversation with Hop Along

By: Rivka Yeker | Posted: July 9th, 2018

"Something I notice quickly with Frances is her self-deprecation. It is light-hearted, but earnest. She says in regards to her storytelling writing, "It gets in the way of the music a little bit. One thing I struggle with is how the music fits with the written content. I do want to provide narratives; I do want to get people into a physical space...."

Hop Along's Frances Quinlan: on Reading, Writing & Influences

By: Kyler Bingham | Posted: April 1st, 2019

"You know, someone came up to me after a show recently and asked me what "The Knock" was about-- but first they told me what they thought it was about. They had a really interesting theory they and their friends had discussed- I loved hearing about it, and the very fact that it had been a part of a stimulating dialogue. It was so different..."

The High Key Portrait Series: Frances Quinlan

By: Josh Pelta-Heller | Posted: January 28th, 2020

"I remember coming to Philly! Mark - my older brother, and the drummer of Hop Along - he would drive. He took me to my first Philly shows. The earliest ones would have been Warped Tour, which was I guess technically in Camden, in the parking lot of the once Tweeter Center. Good times. We watched Thursday play in a tent while..."

Frances Quinlan AMA

By: r/indieheads | Held: February 12th, 2020

"My writing process is a bit on the messy side and heavily lyrically edited by the time it's recorded-- I tend to pull a fair amount from my journals; they're full of disjointed, jotted thoughts, a lot of lines that haven't yet found their place---"Went to LA" I think is the longest I've ever taken so far on a song..."

Frances Quinlan and Dominic Angelella Talk Freshman Year, 15 Years Later

By: Dominic Angelella | Posted: October 8th, 2020

"Frances Quinlan and I have known each other since May 2005, when a mutual friend organized a one-off show for four different singer-songwriters at the legendary (at least in some circles) punk venue The Hobo House in Long Island. There are certain memories that stick with you..."