Hop Along - Painted Shut

Hop Along - Painted ShutHop Along has had multiple lives. First conceptualized as a freak folk solo act by Frances Quinlan, it progressed towards a fuller sound with the addition of Mark Quinlan on drums, Tyler Long on bass and Joe Reinhart (Algernon Cadwallader, Dogs on Acid) on guitar. Emerging as one of music's most unique songwriters, the captivating vignettes Frances has weaved tell vivid stories of desperation and weary awakening. Her powerful voice is a spellbinding

Brokaw finds himself a more mature career path as a composer of film scores and soundtracks

cementing Parallel Presence as an EP best ingested from front to back

releasing a string of widely varied but consistently brilliant records

or of course the electronic sounds of Tenebre

1979's Unknown Pleasures features such landmark songs as "New Dawn Fades"

betrayal and geography

mind and nervous system

who also works with Rosie and Carmen

Every ten years Dawn of Winter return with a new full-length having used the time in-between those releases to hone and perfect their craft and this time it's safe to say they have masterminded their magnum opus

as well as moonlighting drummer and bassist on two tracks

as well as percussions and vibraphones

The Sun Room