Marking her first new release since her ‘Easy Thing’ single last fall, Snail Mail (Lindsey Jordan) has dropped her take on The Smashing Pumpkins’ song ‘Tonight Tonight’ via Matador.
She recorded the song for the underground hit film I Saw The TV Glow which was released by A24 in January and is now available on streaming services. In addition to the song appearing on the soundtrack, Snail Mail also made her feature film acting debut in the Jane Schoenbrun-directed film.
Snail Mail says, “This all came together really serendipitously. We had been working on this cover to play on the “Valentine’ tour, before I got the part. It came up early on because I have a tattoo on my right arm of the man in the moon to commemorate the first ever science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon and the Smashing Pumpkins video for “Tonight, Tonight.” While reading the script, I discovered the arch nemesis of the Pink Opaque is inspired by the same imagery. I told Jane we were doing this cover in NYC, they came and saw it live, and the rest was herstory.”
LISTEN/SHARE ‘TONIGHT TONIGHT’ HERE
Last fall, Snail Mail released her 2023 EP Valentine (Demos) which featured four demo tracks off Valentine, her second album. The full length LP was one of 2021’s most celebrated releases, featuring prominently in best of the year roundups from New York Times, Vogue, NME, Pitchfork, The New Yorker and many others. She made her late-night television debut with an appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert and also appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
On release, Valentine landed at #1 on the Billboard Emerging Artist Chart and #61 in the Billboard Top 200 in the US, and entered the Top 40 album charts in the UK and Australia. Valentine was written and produced by 22-year-old Lindsey Jordan and co-produced by Brad Cook (Bon Iver, Waxahatchee). Written in 2019-2020 the album is filled with romance, heartbreak, blood, sweat and tears. But Valentine is poised and self-possessed, channeling its anger and dejection into empowering revenge fantasies and rewriting the narrative of its own fate.
Praise for Snail Mail
“Jordan’s songs are a masterclass in being world-weary and heartsick, the way only a sensitive person in their early twenties can be” – Rolling Stone
“Lindsey Jordan’s exquisite second album documents love in all stages, but mostly in disrepair. she takes on a larger and poppier sound while keeping her songwriting dazzlingly sharp and passionate.”
–Pitchfork (Best New Music)
“Lindsey Jordan is far from the first person to have her heart broken, but ‘Valentine,’ her remarkable second album as Snail Mail, is alive with such crackling and revelatory emotion that for about 32 minutes it allows you to suspend disbelief and imagine — well, what if she is?” – The New York Times
“Bearing your heart is as much a liability for an artist as it is for anybody in love; the fact that Jordan does both in Valentine is a declaration of her devotion to sincerity.” – NPR
“a perspective rarely seen in pop music” – MTV
“Throughout this impressive and dazzling album, 22-year-old Jordan examines every facet of young passion” – AV Club
” Lush is sensational — one of the best albums of the 2010s. Lindsey Jordan has nailed the sometimes baffling follow-up to a prodigious debut. She exhibits immaculate restraint throughout Valentine — the highs are high, and the lows sound oh so grand.” – Stereogum
“Jordan’s lyrics have always verged on the confessional side, but she delivers the line with a refreshing directness that reveals an unblinking confidence that only a clear sense of purpose can give. She’s not spilling her most personal thoughts and details just to put it out there or keep things honest — she’s building a fully formed artistic statement around them.” – Consequence
“If Snail Mail’s rousing, critically lauded debut album, Lush, signaled the arrival of a remarkable young talent, its follow-up, Valentine, will leave listeners downright mystified. How, at just 22 years old, is Jordan capable of exhibiting such confidence, versatility, and — that rarest of traits in budding songwriters — restraint?” – Entertainment Weekly
“Jordan’s range is wider, her voice fiercer, her guitar-playing more urgent. She hacks away at the extra fluff and molds every song to feel as cathartic as an enlightening sob session with your therapist. We’re left with 10 raw, rock-solid tracks that feel just as restorative for us as they clearly do for Jordan. Valentine is proof that a breakup album doesn’t have to be sad—it just has to be powerful.” – Paste
“As she reaches into greater emotional depths, the Snail Mail sound has only gotten bolder” – Flood
“Throughout it all, Lindsey remains a commanding vocalist, with melodies that pop and words that convey bare honesty. In a world where buzzed-about debuts like Lush often lead to sophomore slumps, Valentine suggests Snail Mail is only getting better.” -Brooklyn Vegan
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