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When we connect to talk about her band Hop Along's new album Bark Your Head Off, Dog, Frances Quinlan is calling from Independence Hall, a leading historical attraction in her native Philadelphia.

Philadelphia's Hop Along has always been a notoriously difficult band to pin down. Even from Frances Quinlan's first solo record under the extended name Hop Along, Queen Ansleis, she was vaguely recognized as the short-lived freak-folk movement.

We got a chance to talk with Hop Along's guitarist and audio master Joe Reinhart. We discussed the band's progression, and the state of the audio industry.