“Envision for a moment, if you wrote and recorded some music in your teen years. What would that sound like? Are you cringing? Because I am. That’s just one reason why the work that Lindsey Jordan makes as Snail Mail is so very special. Her 2016 EP Habit won over critics and fans alike with its subdued power and studied melancholy, revealing well beyond her 16 years. Since then, Jordan has graduate”
“Snail Mail’s striking debut album is emotionally wise, musically clear, and encompasses the once and future sound of indie rock.”
“‘Lush’, the ten-track debut album by Baltimore-born Lindsey Jordan, could quite easily score a coming-of-age cult classic, or, at the very least, act as the perfect backdrop for a scenic and melancholic drive home. The classically trained indie musician, otherwise known as Snail Mail, here dreamily crafts dripping shoegaze charm and cutting lyrics to precisely narrate – and soundtrack – the pains ”
“Snail Mail's debut: occasionally samey, frequently beautiful”
“Snail Mail's debut album is a pretty plain indie rock affair, though Lindsey Jordan's potential as a singer-songwriter is apparent.”