Snail Mail: Ricochet (indie shop edition/red) LP

On "Ricochet", her third album as Snail Mail, Lindsey Jordan returns to assert herself as a generational songwriter, clear-eyed and honest as ever. Time has passed, but she remains a sensitive soul, and here her incisive introspection is tethered to newly expansive and hypnotic melodies and ornate string arrangements. While writing "Ricochet", Jordan found herself fixating on concerns she'd previously pushed out of her mind, namely death and what happens after. These 11 songs are coloured by the anxiety of watching life slip through your fingers, as well as the vulnerability of loving deeply rather than frenetically. Ultimately, "Ricochet" is an album about realizing - and accepting - that the world still turns no matter what is going on in your tiny life. Sonically, it sounds like the natural next step in Snail Mail's small but mighty discography, channeling the Smashing Pumpkins at their sunniest and Radiohead at their most Britpop, with notes of Catherine Wheel shoegaze, Ivy power pop, and Sunny Day Real Estate emo.