Snail Mail

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On ‘Ricochet,’ the third album from Snail Mail coming March 27th 2026, LindseyJordan returns to assert herself as a generational songwriter, clear-eyed andhonest as ever. Time has passed, but she remains a sensitive soul, and here herincisive introspection is tethered to newly expansive and hypnotic melodies andornate string arrangements. While writing ‘Ricochet,’ Jordan found herselffixating on concerns she’d previously pushed out of her mind, namely death andwhat happens after. Jordan’s early music largely dealt with matters of the heart, a territory that shetried to step beyond on ‘Ricochet.’ “Misery feels safe to write about because I amgood at it,” she says, “but I’m not bathing in my own agony anymore.” To feel thepain of everything and then nothing is a lonesome contradiction. ‘Ricochet’ is arecord about being caught in this whirlpool, but Jordan’s music has never beenso transcendent. The luminous opener, “Tractor Beam,” is driven by janglyguitars, but is ultimately about dissociation and “feeling othered whileacknowledging that you’re spending a lot of your time and energy figuring outhow to float away.” When it came time to record the songs bouncing around in her head, Jordanturned to a friend, Aron Kobayashi Ritch, the bassist and producer of the fuzzyindie rock band Momma. Jordan describes the process as refreshing, trusting,and comfortable. “I felt like an equal voice,” she says. “He was as interested inmy decisions as I was in his.” These 11 songs are colored by the anxiety of watching life slip through yourfingers, as well as the vulnerability of loving deeply rather than frenetically.Ultimately, ‘Ricochet’ is an album about realizing—and accepting—that the worldstill turns no matter what is going on in your tiny life.