{"id":3370,"date":"2015-05-13T14:02:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T18:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=3370"},"modified":"2015-05-26T13:29:54","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T17:29:54","slug":"hop-along-painted-shut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/hop-along-painted-shut\/","title":{"rendered":"Hop Along <br>Painted Shut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hop_along-painted_shut.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3371\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hop_along-painted_shut.jpg\" alt=\"Hop Along, Painted Shut\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hop_along-painted_shut.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/hop_along-painted_shut-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>The essence of Hop Along, as vocalist and songwriter Frances Quinlan might say, isn\u2019t in its melodies or sonic tracks, but rather in the prose. That isn\u2019t to say that meaning is easily derived on the Philadelphia-based folk-rock band\u2019s latest, <i>Painted Shut<\/i> (Saddle Creek Records), because nothing has ever been entirely explicit with them. Like its predecessor, 2012\u2019s <i>Get Disowned<\/i>, <i>Painted Shut<\/i> is a series of songs about ordinary people just living. As such, Quinlan sings as if conversing, fidgeting and stumbling over words while reciting a story like an average human who happens to be the center of attention. That\u2019s sort of the gist of <i>Painted Shut<\/i>: by being unassuming, the album proves immensely intimate and becomes a study of Quinlan\u2019s own expression.<\/p>\n<p>The nuances of Quinlan\u2019s voice are given greater appreciation as a result of the minimalistic backing throughout the album. This is especially the case on the record\u2019s most pressing moments, namely the closing minutes of \u201cHorseshoe Crabs\u201d (a kind of ode to cult folk musician Jackson C. Frank), the back end of \u201cBuddy in the Parade,\u201d and the champion \u201cdoo-doo-doos\u201d of \u201cWell-dressed.\u201d Quinlan\u2019s voice frequently sounds as urgent as it does passive\u2014she hits every anxious feeling in \u201cWaitress\u201d\u2014and it works to the album\u2019s betterment.<\/p>\n<p>For as low-key as the album is, it eventually builds to an all-out banger. (It has to at some point with ex\u2013Algernon Cadwallader guitarist Joe Reinhart in the band, right?) Following the exhausting \u201cWell-dressed,\u201d which, to give you an idea of its effect, is the emotional sequel of sorts to <i>Get Disowned\u2019s<\/i> \u201cTibetan Pop Stars,\u201d the finale, \u201cSister Cities,\u201d is a full-on sweep of optimistic guitar chugging that would be a misleading representation of the band if listened to in a vacuum. Here, though, it\u2019s a felicitous end cap. <i>Painted Shut<\/i> is the antithesis of forward-thinking, but that isn\u2019t the point. Hop Along writes songs for those afflicted by living life, which obviously doesn\u2019t necessarily go in a straight line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The essence of Hop Along, as vocalist and songwriter Frances Quinlan might say, isn\u2019t in its melodies or sonic tracks, but rather in the prose. 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