In a recent feature published in the New York Times Lindsey Jordan, who makes music under the name Snail Mail, said of the material she wrote for her debut full-length Lush (Matador), “The songs all had to have that moment for me where I feel like when I was playing live I could cry.” Though she’s only 18, her musical prepossession and clarity, cool precision, and depth as a singer would suggest someone older. Her heart-on-sleeve vulnerability shines through in leanly constructed indie pop songs that hark back to the 90s—especially early Liz Phair—in their unfussy directness, though Jordan’s melodic instincts feel tailor-made for Top 40 radio.…
In a recent feature published in the New York Times Lindsey Jordan, who makes music under the name Snail Mail, said of the material she wrote for her debut full-length Lush (Matador), “The songs all had to have that moment for me where I feel like when I was playing live I could cry.” Though she’s only 18, her musical prepossession and clarity, cool precision, and depth as a singer would suggest someone older. Her heart-on-sleeve vulnerability shines through in leanly constructed indie pop songs that hark back to the 90s—especially early Liz Phair—in their unfussy directness, though Jordan’s melodic instincts feel tailor-made for Top 40 radio.…