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Frances Quinlan Follows Her First Spark Of Creation

While members of Hop Along appear on her solo debut, Likewise is decidedly Frances Quinlan's vision. Her voice and unique, meandering melodies sit at the forefront of an inquisitive record.
Frances Quinlan ponders what it means to love well on <em>Likewise</em>.

Empathy persists throughout the music of Frances Quinlan. The Philadelphia-based songwriter finds the humanity at the center of any story: some from her own life; some from historical figures, or something a friend told her, or a podcast she heard. It hardly matters if you can trace the exact narrative contours; you still end up with a powerful sense of what it feels like to exist inside of those experiences.

Over the past decade, Quinlan has mostly honed this skill as the frontperson for indie-rock band . What started out

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