Christine Frances Quinlan (born May 7, 1986) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and visual artist best known for fronting Philadelphia indie rock band Hop Along.

[3] Their parents, whom they have described as "big music fans", introduced them to artists such as Bob Dylan, Cat Stevens, and The Kinks at an early age.

However, after their brother Andrew introduced them to musicians such as Ani DiFranco, Fiona Apple, and Lauryn Hill, they revisited the instrument and were more successful.

Hop Along's 2015 studio album Painted Shut was also praised by critics for its "immediacy and emotional depth", led by Quinlan's voice.

[11] Quinlan recorded the song "Another Season", which plays through the end credits of the 2024 psychological horror drama film I Saw the TV Glow.

[12] Numerous publications have made note of the raspy tone of Quinlan's singing voice,[13] as well as their "emotive" vocal delivery, airy falsetto and harsh screams.

Stereogum called Quinlan's voice "scratchy and muscular and resistant in all the right places [...] You can almost hear the blood gurgling in the back of [their] throat as [they] strain to get every word out.

"[22] Quinlan designates themself as a rhythm guitarist "at the end of the day", claiming to use "odd forms" of chord voicings in their playing.

[26] Arielle Gordon Spin Magazine called Quinlan a "purveyor of fairy tales disguised as charming indie rock".

They revealed that they chose to start going by their middle name after high school in an attempt to distance themselves from a role that they claimed to have never "understood or felt agency with".