First Listen: Hop Along, 'Bark Your Head Off, Dog'
The Philly group has crafted a densely textured, emotionally resonant third album, shot through with restlessness and singer Frances Quinlan's acrobatic melodies.
There's a lyric that appears across a couple songs on Hop Along's new album, : "Strange to be shaped by such strange men." Singer and guitarist Frances Quinlan by saying: "There's an anger at realizing the language that I lacked, the tools that I lacked to express myself and see value and power in my expression, rather than deferring to men for my value and worth." It's a useful summation of what internalized misogyny can do: make us crave male validation, even when we think, adensely textured and emotionally resonant study in intense introspection and frustration.
