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Hop Along's Frances Quinlan - solo

Posted by Loren on December 21, 2019

Hop Along's Frances Quinlan - solo
photo by Julia Khorosilov

Frances Quinlan of Hop Along will release her solo debut on January 31, 2020. Titled Likewise, the album releases on Saddle Creek. While it's another month until the full record is available to the public, the lead single "Rare Thing" is out now and streaming after the bump.

The album release will be followed by a US tour -- who is opening each performance and also joining Quinlan as a performer.

Hop Along originaly formed as a solo outlet for Quinlan -- then titled Hop Along, Queen Ansleis -- and later developed into the full band it is today.

 

Track listing:

1. Piltdown Man
2. Your Reply
3. Rare Thing
4. Detroit Lake
5. A Secret
6. Went to LA
7. Lean
8. Now That I'm Back
9. Carry the Zero (Built To Spill cover)

Tour Dates

01/19/20 - Chicago, IL @ Tomorrow Never Knows Festival at Sleeping Village +
01/23/19 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater *
03/01/20 - San Francisco, CA @ Noise Pop at Swedish American Music Hall #
03/03/20 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir #
03/05/20 - Seattle, WA @ Columbia City Theater #
03/06/20 - Vancouver, BC @ The Fox Cabaret #
03/07/20 - Victoria, BC @ Copper Owl #
03/11/20 - Big Sur, CA @ Henry Miller Memorial Library #
03/12/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ Pico Union Project #
03/14/20 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah #
03/16/20-03/21/20 - Austin, TX @ SXSW

+ = support from Indigo De Souza
* = supporting Ben Gibbard
# = support from Mary Lattimore

Hop Along's Frances Quinlan - solo
photo by Julia Khorosilov

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