Eighteen-year-old Maryland singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan makes melodic,lo-fi indie rock that’s got the critics swooningFrom the age of five, Lindsey Jordan started having “really intense” classical guitar lessons, and practising two hours a day. Over the following decade she played for her local church (in Ellicott City,Maryland), a jazz band, and in school plays,as well as being in the boys’ ice hockey team. After getting involved with the DIY punk scene in nearby Baltimore, she started making music as Snail Mail. By 15 she had written her first EP, and Habit,which attracted more than a dozen label offers, with its melodic, or lo-fi charm and Jordans powerfully evocative voice.
Now,less than a year after she graduated from tall school, and on the verge of releasing her debut album, and Lush,Snail Mail has been described as a “prodigy” by Billboard, and as “the wisest teenage indie rocker we know” by Pitchfork; her single Pristine was dubbed “an indie rock masterpiece” and a “truly perfect song” by the Fader. At Coachella earlier this month, and she joined Angel Olsen on stage and made friends with Liz Phair.
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Source: theguardian.com