{"product_id":"191401220927","title":"SNAIL MAIL – RICOCHET - CD •","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC: 191401220927 \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLabel: MATADOR RECORDS \u003cbr\u003eFormat: CD\u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: March 27, 2026\u003cbr\u003eIn stock items ship within 48 hours\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSnail Mail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— the project of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLindsey Jordan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e— announces her highly anticipated third album,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRicochet\u003c\/em\u003e, due out March 27 on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatador Records\u003c\/strong\u003e. Her first album in five years, she returns with a renewed sense of clarity and control, asserting herself as a generational songwriter with a sharpened perspective. While her early work chronicled the emotional turbulence of young love,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRicochet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereveals a deeper fixation: time, mortality, and the quiet terror of watching the things you love slip away. The album’s 11 songs are steeped in introspection, anxiety, and acceptance — an acknowledgment that the world keeps turning regardless of what’s unfolding in your own small orbit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten during a period of intense personal change that included a move to North Carolina from NYC,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRicochet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efinds Jordan reckoning with questions she once avoided, namely death and what comes after. The album pairs her incisive lyricism with newly expansive melodies, ornate string arrangements, and hypnotic textures, marking a natural evolution from\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLush\u003c\/em\u003e’s poised guitar work and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eValentine\u003c\/em\u003e’s raw emotional charge. Sonically,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRicochet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echannels the luminous side of ’90s alternative rock — echoing Smashing Pumpkins at their sunniest, Radiohead at their most Britpop, and the shoegaze haze of bands like Catherine Wheel and Ivy — all filtered through Jordan’s singular voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter undergoing surgery for vocal polyps and intensive speech therapy ahead of 2021’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eValentine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etour, Jordan emerges on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRicochet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas a more confident and controlled vocalist — an ironic strength for an album centered on uncertainty. She recorded the album with producer and bassist\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAron Kobayashi Ritch\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(Momma) at\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFidelitorium Recordings\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein North Carolina, as well as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNightfly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStudio G\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein Brooklyn. The sessions,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJordan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esays, felt “refreshing, trusting, and comfortable,” allowing her to fully inhabit the songs without compromise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album also marks a departure in Jordan's creative process. \"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 the lyrics all at once over a year,\" she explains. This shift gave her more time to craft the expansive melodies that define Ricochet's sound\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album’s lyrical world is informed by art that grapples with existence itself. Charlie Kaufman’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eSynecdoche\u003c\/em\u003e, New York looms large, while tracks like ‘Nowhere’ draw inspiration from Laura Gilpin’s poem “\u003cem\u003eThe Two-Headed Calf\u003c\/em\u003e.” On ‘\u003cem\u003eMy Maker\u003c\/em\u003e’, Jordan imagines overstaying her welcome at a celestial airport bar, pleading, “Oh, bouncer in the sky \/ Let me in, I’m scared to die.” Elsewhere,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRicochet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emourns fading friendships, lost simplicity, and the ache of emotional distance — a record about being anxious not over the bad, but over how fleeting the good can be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album’s artwork mirrors its themes.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eRicochet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the first Snail Mail release not to feature Jordan’s face; instead, a spiral shell floats in a distressed blue expanse, symbolising both inward collapse and outward infinity — the push and pull of growth, distance, and perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRACK LIST:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1. Tractor Beam\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2. My Maker\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e3. Light On Our Feet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4. Cruise\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e5. Agony Freak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e6. Dead End\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e7. Butterfly\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8. Nowhere\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9. Hell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10. Ricochet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e11. 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