HOP ALONG - BARK YOUR HEAD OFF, DOG VINYL (SUPER LTD. ED. ORANGE / STANDARD BLACK)

VERSION 1: SUPER LIMITED EDITION ORANGE VINYL GATEFOLD

VERSION 2: STANDARD BLACK VINYL GATEFOLD 

Release Date: 6th April 2018

Super Limited Edition press of only 700! The Philly band's third album is their most ambitious and dynamic record to-date opening up their sound even more that trying to describe it just won't do it any justice. Led by singer-songwriter-guitarist Frances Quinlan and her incredible and unique voice which scales great heights of emotion, the band produce a brand of infectious, catchy indie pop-rock which can take you from orchestral folk to guitar-noodling rock within the space of the same song. Do yourself a favour - stop reading this and just give it a listen, you will thank me later!

For Fans Of: Big Thief, Land of Talk, Waxahatchee, Mitski

"Hop Along's third studio record, Bark Your Head Off, Dog. Written over the course of 2016 and 2017 and recorded in the summer of the latter year by Frances Quinlan (songwriter / vocalist / rhythm guitar), Tyler Long (bass), Joe Reinhart (guitar), and Mark Quinlan (drums), the album addresses disappointment, particularly in man's misuse of power, and relates accounts from the periphery - one's attempts to retreat from the lengthening shadows of tyrants, both historical and everyday. It considers what it’s like to cast off longheld and misguided perceptions, yet without the assurance of knowing what new ones will replace them. Much like on Hop Along’s first and second records, Get Disowned and Painted Shut, Quinlan seeks in real time to work through these issues. Throughout the album, one gets the sense that Quinlan is wandering in the thicket of a forest - a state of being that will feel familiar to long time listeners - and on this outing, she hasn’t left a trail of breadcrumbs behind her. The album’s artwork, which Quinlan painted herself, invites the listener into that forest, as well. “There is a terror in getting lost,” she says, “the woods are at the same time beautiful and horrifying.” This curious wandering gives the album, both lyrically and musically, a heightened dimensionality. Bark Your Head Off, Dog is, without question, Hop Along’s most dynamic and textured record yet. Self-produced and recorded at The Headroom in Philadelphia by Reinhart and Kyle Pulley, Bark Your Head Off, Dog features the familiar sounds that have always made the band allergic to genre: grunge, folk, punk, and power pop all appear, with inspiration from ELO to Elvis Costello to ‘70s girl group vocal arrangements. This time around, they’ve added strings, more intricate rhythms, lush harmonies (featuring Thin Lips’ Chrissy Tashjian), along with a momentary visit with a vocoder. In more than one place, Mark Quinlan drums like he’s at a disco with Built to Spill. Most significantly, Bark Your Head Off, Dog shows the band at its strongest and most cohesive."