FRANCES QUINLAN (Hop Along) Performs an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, Interviews Jason Mantzoukas In New Video Series

FRANCES QUINLAN PERFORMS AN NPR TINY DESK CONCERT, LAUNCHES QUICK DRAWL WITH FRANCES & FRIENDS  INTERVIEW SERIES WITH JASON MANTZOUKAS Likewise out now on Saddle Creek #1 Billboard’s Top Alternative New Artist Album #1 on Submodern Radio

(Credit: Julia Khoroshilov - download high-res HERE) Early praise for Frances Quinlan + Likewise:    “In the quartet Hop Along, Frances Quinlan performs quietly ambitious indie-rock songs, her every lyrical knot presented as a plantive confessional. Likewise...stalks similar ground while broadening her instrumental battery to incorporate a synthesizer, a harp and field recordings. The fancified soundscape foregrounds an artistic mindfulness that extends to the images Quinlan recreated for the album cover.” - The New Yorker  "Frances Quinlan has a peerless way of stopping you in your tracks with just a few choice words…[all of the songs on Likewise] draw their power from Quinlan’s writerly vision, spinning fragments of dream, memory, and conversation into gnomic indie-pop gold" - Rolling Stone “Empathy persists throughout the music of Frances Quinlan…[Likewise] puts into clearer focus her impressive voice and inimitable melodies.” - NPR Music “Frances Quinlan can build a narrative like a Matryoshka doll” - The FADER “You will never hear someone holler with such grace and exactitude as Quinlan...In telling the stories of other people, Quinlan created one for herself; in the cracks of her colossal voice, it’s already a legend.” - Pitchfork "Quinlan is releasing her debut solo album, and the songs sound like how her paintings look: colorful, fun, curious.” - Billboard   Earlier this year, Frances Quinlan of Hop Along released Likewise, her debut under her own name, via Saddle Creek to mass critical acclaim. A few weeks later, she went to NPR’s headquarters to record a very special Tiny Desk concert, that is finally out now. Watch Quinlan, fellow Hop Along band-mate and Likewise producer Joe Reinhart, and violinist Molly Germer perform at NPR’s Tiny Desk HERE.    Today, Frances Quinlan also shares a new on-camera interview series called Quick Drawl with Frances and Friends, where she chats with friends and guests from all walks of live, while drawing their portrait in real time. Today’s episode features writer and actor Jason Mantzoukas (Big Mouth, Parks and Rec, How Did This Get Made?), in a conversation that digs deep into quarantine lifestyles, Jason’s two-year immersive solo travels in Morocco, accountability and discipline, and the restaurants they plan to open side by side. You can watch the full episode HERE.

(‘Quick Drawl’ screen grab)   While Hop Along began as Quinlan's solo project (originally titled Hop Along, Queen Ansleis), Likewise is Quinlan's debut under her own name. Since its release, Quinlan has played a sold-out NYC show and has topped the Billboard charts as the #1 Top Alternative New Artist Album, Top 10 at College Radio, #5 Top New Artist Album, #9 Current Alternative Album, #13 Record Label Independent Current Album, #13 Current Rock Album, and many more. Purchase the album physically or digitally HERE.   Music and art have always intersected throughout Qulnlan’s career, as she has created all of the artwork and visuals for both Hop Along and her work (Likewise features a self portrait as its cover.) Frances recently exhibited a show of her work at the Selina Gallery in Chelsea, NYC. You can read more about that gallery show HERE via Billboard & HERE via The New Yorker.   LISTEN/WATCH: “Your Reply” | “Rare Thing” | “Now That I'm Back” Follow Frances Quinlan: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram