How Frances Quinlan's Songwriting 'Chaos' Created One of the Year's Best Indie Albums

Frances Quinlan has been the frontwoman of Hop Along for nearly half her life, and has created the album art for the band throughout its entire career. On Wednesday night , she celebrated a collection of her own visual artwork for the first time with a gallery opening at Selina in NYC’s Chelsea neighborhood. The singer-songwriter had also been gearing up to releaseWhile her artwork is separate from her music, the evening was still revealing of Quinlan’s creative focus.

The record brings back several longtime collaborators and was co-produced, engineered and mixed by Reinhart, which gave Quinlan more freedom to mess around in the studio. “It’s really gratifying to just get lost and explore together,” she says. Mary Lattimore, a frequent Hop Along collaborator, was also brought in to work on the record along with the rest of the bandmates.sat down with Quinlan in New York before the gallery opening to talk about the new record.

There’s no difference for me in the writing -- it’s the editing and arranging that’s different. There’s less because it’s just me. It’s not that compelling of an answer but truly, Hop Along is four people and this is me. At the moment for the solo project, my goal right now is to be able to combine travel with touring and in that case, I have to be more mindful of the hiring of staff, because you’re asking people to give up their time for your project. If they’re doing that, then you probably want to be a little more like, “Let’s go, we’re working,” but if I’m the only one working, then I can maybe waste time in a few cities, hang out, see some things.

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