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I remember when I first heard Hop Along, Queen Ansleis, about a year and a half ago; a session of hard-drive swapping piracy took place at Goldy’s house a few days before I left the East Coast, and I made out like a freaking bandit. Fresh out of Baltimore, Hop Along is Frances Quinian’s boisterous and silky voice twisting and curling amongst a soft guitar and other auditory odds and ends.

Hop Along’s 2005 release Freshman Year was a constant companion of mine for months after I moved, and I do my best to spread the good word. I think I burned a copy for my friend Diana sometime during the Spring semester of my own freshman year.

When Diana recently returned to Chico after months of travel for but a few stolen days, I was very excited to play some music with her. One of the songs we played and sang together was Hop Along’s Bruno is Orange. I have trouble putting into words how thankful and ecstatic the experience made me.

So that’s why today’s cover is of Bruno is Orange by Hop Along, Queen Ansleis.