I have not heard this album yet but I will now take a listen for the hope of a flash of Paul Westerberg,
― Ctrl+Alt+Del in Poughkeepsie (fionnland), Thursday, 11 October 2018 11:01 (five years ago) link
let us know if you find it
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:32 (five years ago) link
Her voice which I like a lot reminds me of someone else. An indie lady from the 90s, I don't think it is Juliana Hatfield. Pristine is indeed very nice. And the 3rd song "Speaking Terms" is such a pure, vulnerable beauty.
― Ich bin kein Berliner (alex in mainhattan), Thursday, 11 October 2018 17:53 (five years ago) link
Didn't find it (if there's any reference I would add it's that 'Stick' reminded me slightly of Mark Kozelek ha)
but Christ, Habit is a bloody wonderful EP, esp. given she was 17.
― You (bleeping) need me. You can't Finn without me (fionnland), Thursday, 11 October 2018 22:47 (five years ago) link
and hearing Kozelek on 'Let's Find an Out' and 'Full Control' too but maybe I'm just looking for it artificially now
― You (bleeping) need me. You can't Finn without me (fionnland), Thursday, 11 October 2018 22:49 (five years ago) link
I'm revisiting Lush, and digging it a lot more than I did on previous tries. Not sure what's changed -- maybe I'm just in the right mood? -- but it's hitting the right notes this morning.
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Monday, 22 October 2018 18:40 (five years ago) link
new cover "The 2nd Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (originally by Courtney Love - the band not the person): https://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/the-2nd-most-beautiful-girl-in-the-world/
― flappy bird, Monday, 22 October 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
At her best, there's something about the slightly flat(?) tone of the music colliding with the slightly more flat(??) tone of her voice, in those big swells of volume, to winning effect.
― a neon light ablaze in this green smoky haze (morrisp), Monday, 22 October 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
chronic live
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 23 October 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/tv/22-over-under/watch-snail-mail-rate-gritty-escargot-and-lil-xan/
Hates Gritty, loves Lil Xan.
So done with her now.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 25 October 2018 22:11 (five years ago) link
fuck "pristine" rules
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 December 2018 07:35 (five years ago) link
i love the way this record is produced... clean guitars and lots of space
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 18 December 2018 07:37 (five years ago) link
The album and EPs are so good but all the live performances on YT are absolutely brutal, seems like she struggles to keep her voice healthy.
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 18 December 2018 07:56 (five years ago) link
I saw her live. she was absolute garbage
― ||||||||, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 08:11 (five years ago) link
pristine could just fade out at 3:30 but gets 10x awesomer
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 13:23 (five years ago) link
late to the party here, but wow this album is amazing
― Darin, Wednesday, 2 January 2019 19:50 (five years ago) link
i just found out that these guys are opening for Parquet Courts here in the Los Angeles area in about 20 days. how did i miss this gig until now?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 January 2019 01:59 (five years ago) link
I somehow missed PC playing with a symphony orchestra here a couple months ago
― flappy bird, Thursday, 3 January 2019 02:10 (five years ago) link
Golden Dream has the strangest effect on me, taking me back like ten years to a lovely place.
― Hey hey, the tipple’s weak sherry (fionnland), Friday, 8 March 2019 13:20 (five years ago) link
keep meaning to dig in to this one, only heard the single but I watched her Pitchfork Over/Under the other day and she's such a delightful dork.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Friday, 8 March 2019 15:18 (five years ago) link
There's a video of "Pristine" from a Pitchfork festival. Not sure what's going on there, but it's an exceptionally uncomfortable performance. Great song though...
― Sam Weller, Thursday, 2 May 2019 09:14 (four years ago) link
anything under the horizon? New album for example..
― nostormo, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
Apparently a new album called Valentine was due out on 11/5 and started to get teased, but all the references to it got pulled. I don't know if vinyl delays or what, but most refences to it disappeared. There was a thread about it on reddit just yesterday, with a link to a (now deleted) product listing with the cover:
https://www.reddit.com/r/indieheads/comments/pkzsgw/snail_mail_teases_new_album_valentine/
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 September 2021 18:17 (two years ago) link
Thanks
― nostormo, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
Wayback machine caught it during the brief time it was up on the band's site, but it's gone now. Probably someone jumped the gun, so maybe an announcement is imminent.
https://web.archive.org/web/20210909132117/https://www.snailmail.band/home
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 September 2021 18:18 (two years ago) link
Someone wrote they went for a more pop direction on reddit. :(
― nostormo, Friday, 10 September 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
Saw that comment but since nothing has been released at all yet I'm not sure that's based on anything more than maybe extrapolating from an interview or something, I'm not going to get too concerned about one comment like that.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 10 September 2021 20:32 (two years ago) link
the album... does exist in finished form...
― J0rdan S., Friday, 10 September 2021 22:54 (two years ago) link
Officially announced today! Video for title track is out, though I'll have to wait until tonight to check it out.
01 Valentine02 Ben Franklin03 Headlock04 Light Blue05 Forever (Sailing)06 Madonna07 c. et. al.08 Glory09 Automate10 Mia
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 13:55 (two years ago) link
dynamics!
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 13:59 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxarOZ0JBcc
Lol not sure I want to sign in to verify my age while I'm at work, guessing that's one I'll have to wait on.
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 14:08 (two years ago) link
it's bloody and a bit violent yeah
― ufo, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 14:13 (two years ago) link
Well, it's ok. Pretty generic imo
― nostormo, Wednesday, 15 September 2021 17:05 (two years ago) link
This is the worst single they've released, probably?
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
It's like "Heat Wave" stripped of the catchiness.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 23:42 (two years ago) link
weird this is much catchier to me
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 15 September 2021 23:43 (two years ago) link
it feels more linear to me so i can see why ppl might find it less interesting than the previous record. that said i kinda love this, chorus really works for me
― J0rdan S., Friday, 17 September 2021 06:24 (two years ago) link
First record sorta limped to the finish after being frontloaded, so if this is more linear/consistent and much of it's in the vein of "Valentine" I'm buying.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, 17 September 2021 12:04 (two years ago) link
the only thing i really liked on the debut was "heat wave" & this is unfortunately not as good as that
"heat wave" always felt super familiar too, i could never figure out if it was actually ripping something
― ufo, Friday, 17 September 2021 12:48 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUU9xxIb91g
i like this. i'm pro-snail mail 2.0
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/features/interview/snail-mail-valentine-interview/
Thought this was kinda interesting
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 14 October 2021 20:14 (two years ago) link
"It's nice but they will probably never create a great song like Static Buzz again."
That was a good prediction, originally based on intuition.
― nostormo, Monday, 1 November 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
this album rules
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Thursday, 4 November 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
i just really love the way "ben franklin" is written, very chewy song
a lot of these songs remind me vaguely of something i can't quite pin down... closest i've gotten is thinking that many of these tracks are indie rock attempts at the next "crush" by jennifer paige (and thank god)
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 5 November 2021 14:14 (two years ago) link
lot of sophistipop touches too, cf. "forever (sailing)"
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 5 November 2021 14:16 (two years ago) link
tim f to album/thread
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 5 November 2021 14:33 (two years ago) link
moved on, but nothing feels truesometimes i hate her just for not being you
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Friday, 5 November 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
i know they get made fun of in the same breath bc of their band names but this album is having a very similar effect on me as the last soccer mommy
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Sunday, 7 November 2021 15:28 (two years ago) link
that's funny, I came here to say I've heard nothing but great things about the new album but that they're one of those bands I've avoided because of their name, like soccer mommy.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 November 2021 17:31 (two years ago) link