Stream and revisit the review: our pick of the albums reviewed on these pages during the past week is Valentine, the latest from Snail Mail.
“If empathy is the wrong thing because it contains a degree of self-fulfillment, it’s difficult to see a more complicated space in music at the moment than being a successful young woman.”
“From endless third-party discussions of physicality (and sexuality), to revelations of abuse and coercive behaviour uncovered by the #MeToo movement, many who fit this description find themselves in the crosshairs of a situation that offers few places of shelter.”
“Sometimes the hardest person to convince help is required is yourself, and at the end of last year Lindsay Jordan read the signs and put herself into rehab.”
“The previous four years had been a front row trip on the industry rollercoaster; as Snail Mail she released her first EP whilst still in high school and Lush, the 2018 debut which followed immediately, drew comparisons to the likes of Soccer Mommy, Japanese Breakfast and Julien Baker.”
Click here for the review in full.
