{"id":35390,"date":"2018-04-26T10:20:46","date_gmt":"2018-04-26T09:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35390"},"modified":"2018-04-26T11:18:24","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T10:18:24","slug":"hop-along-how-simple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/hop-along-how-simple\/","title":{"rendered":"Hop Along – ‘How Simple’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Philadelphia quartet Hop Along released their second album, ‘Painted Shut’ back in 2015, their fans have wondered what they would come up with next. The mesmerising album which was denoted by frontwoman Frances Quinlan’s storytelling, found its way to “best of” lists from the likes of Vice, Stereogum, and Consquence Of Sound, and much was made of their idiosyncratic sound – classic songwriting albeit with alternatively humorous and horrifying lyrics, subtle intricacy in terms of their rhythm section, dark production, and Quinlan’s voice itself.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Third album, ‘Bark Your Head Off, Dog’, released this month already invites intrigue with its title and a listen to the album quickly shows that intrigue is not misplaced. Lead track, ‘How Simple’ is a wild mystery ride of lyricism and Quinlan’s vocals are fluid and irresistible in their dreaminess. The instrumentation is reminiscent of a lot of music that’s coming out of Ireland right now, and if Hop Along ever fancied touring The Emerald Isle (or even the UK) they might well find a very willing audience.<\/p>\n