Snail Mail announces first album in five years, shares lead single

Snail Mail announces first album in five years, shares lead single

Snail Mail, the project of Baltimore singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan, announced her third studio album, Ricochet, her first in nearly five years. It's due out March 27th via Matador Records.

With the announcement comes lead single "Dead End", a taste into the 90s alt rock direction of the record. Listen in:

"Dead End" mourns the simplicity of a suburban adolescence. Of the music video she co-directed with Elsie Richter, Jordan shares, “We shot the video for ‘Dead End’ in random places all around rural North Carolina between the hours of 5pm and 4am on one of the coldest nights of my life. The goal was to be inconspicuous with the fireworks, but someone called the cops on us.”

While Snail Mail's earlier albums focused primarily on the trials and tribulations of young love, Ricochet further explores Jordan's philosophies on mortality and identity. This record also marks Jordan's first full release following her vocal polyps recovery.

Snail Mail is headed on tour in support of Ricochet this spring across North America with support from Sharp Pins, Avalon Emerson and The Charm, @, Swirlies, Armlock, and Rocket, rotating regionally. Tickets go on sale here at 10am local time on Friday, January 23rd. See the full list of dates below.

Ricochet is out March 27th. Preorder here. Tracklist below:

Ricochet tracklist:

  1. Tractor Beam
  2. My Maker
  3. Light On Our Feet
  4. Cruise
  5. Agony Freak
  6. Dead End
  7. Butterfly
  8. Nowhere
  9. Hell
  10. Ricochet
  11. Reverie

Snail Mail tour dates:

04/10 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall *
04/11 Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre *^
04/12 Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre *^
04/13 Toronto, ON @ The Concert Hall *^
04/15 Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount *~
04/16 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore *+
04/17 Boston, MA @ Big Night Live *+
04/18 Baltimore, MD @ Union Collective Parking Lot *+
04/20 Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom *
04/21 Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *
04/22 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse *
04/24 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs) *
04/25 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater *
04/26 Austin, TX @ Stubb’s *
04/28 Oklahoma City, OK @ The Tower Theatre *
04/30 Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren *&
05/01 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern *%
05/02 San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park *&
05/04 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield *%
05/05 Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades *&
05/07 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *&
05/08 Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre *&
05/09 Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre *&
05/11 Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Hall *&
05/13 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *&
05/15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Block Party
06/26 London, UK @ Electric Ballroom

with:
* Sharp Pins
^ Avalon Emerson and The Charm
~ @
+ Swirlies
& Armlock
% Rocket

Leah Weinstein

Philadelphia, PA

writer, music business student, beautiful woman with a heart of gold

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