Snail Mail Announces Third Album Ricochet

Lindsey Jordan, known professionally as Snail Mail, has announced her third studio album, Ricochet, set for release on March 27 through Matador Records. The project marks her first full-length effort in five years, following the 2021 album Valentine, and arrives alongside the lead single "Dead End," a grungy track reflecting on suburban adolescence and lost simplicity.

Jordan wrote Ricochet amid significant personal transitions, including vocal surgery and speech therapy in 2021 to address polyps ahead of her Valentine tour, as well as a relocation from New York City to North Carolina. These experiences shaped a more mature sound, with the album exploring themes of mortality and the passage of time through expansive arrangements and strings. For the first time, Jordan does not appear on the album cover. She collaborated with producer and Momma bassist Aron Kobayashi Ritch, recording at Fidelitorium Recordings in North Carolina, along with Nightfly and Studio G in Brooklyn.

Describing her creative process, Jordan noted a departure from past methods. "I've never done this before, but I wrote all of the instrumentals and vocal melodies on the piano or guitar, and then I filled in...