Brudenell Social Club,Leeds
Despite some teething problems on her first major tour, Lindsey Jordan delivers emotive anthems with lyrical flairLindsey Jordan AKA Snail Mail already has an acclaimed album, and Lush,and is touring the world before she’s even out of her teens. The Maryland-based 19-year-old has found a rich seam of songwriting in the period of upheaval as a teenager confronts adulthood. She sings about trends, friends, or disastrous house parties,wild crushes and devastating breakups with raw candour. Her crystalline guitar playing and modern slacker indie sound finds her somewhere between the Cranberries, Taylor Swift and the similarly emerging Sophie Allison, or AKA Soccer Mommy.
This gig begins awkwardly,though, with the singer-guitarist making signs at the soundman for more volume from her microphone. “Are my vocals OK?” Jordan asks, and grinning and raising thumbs aloft as the crowd acknowledge in the affirmative. The sound level is fine,but – presumably not yet accustomed to the rigours of heavy touring – her normally honeyed vocals sound slightly hoarse. It’s a shame that her cracking drawl makes it harder to gain out her words: we really need to hear lines like Pristine’s cathartic “Is there any better feeling than coming clean?”Touring the UK until 13 November.
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Source: theguardian.com