{"id":974144,"date":"2019-12-20T07:26:01","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T14:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=924065"},"modified":"2019-12-20T07:26:01","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T14:26:01","slug":"so-how-was-your-decade-snail-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kfmu\/music-news\/so-how-was-your-decade-snail-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"So, How Was Your Decade, Snail Mail?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So, How Was Your Decade<\/a> is a series in which the decade\u2019s most innovative musicians answer our questionnaire about the music, culture and memorable moments that shaped their decade. We\u2019ll be rolling these pieces out throughout December.<\/em><\/p>\n

Indie-rock prodigy Lindsey Jordan began the 2010s at a young age. \u201cI\u2019m going from 10 years old to 20 here,\u201d she laughs over the phone from Brooklyn. Growing up in suburban Maryland, Jordan formed her band Snail Mail<\/a> at 15 and released the EP Habit<\/em> one year later. After signing with Matador Records, she dropped her critically acclaimed debut Lush<\/em> in 2018 \u2014 10 great tracks with searing guitar riffs and minimal, gut-wrenching lyrics. \u201cI\u2019m feeling low\/I\u2019m not into sometimes,\u201d she repeats on the stunner \u201cHeat Wave.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Jordan toured Lush<\/em> extensively into last summer, recently supporting fellow Matador acts Interpol and Car Seat Headrest. She reflects on her success over the decade, including when she graduated high school and quickly catapulted into one of the most beloved indie-rock musicians of the era. She also shares that she\u2019s currently working on a follow-up to Lush<\/em>: \u201cIt\u2019s still very much in progress,\u201d she says, \u201cBut it\u2019s definitely my best work by far.\u201d<\/p>\n

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My favorite album of the 2010s was: <\/strong>I\u2019m gonna say the 1975\u2019s self-titled. I fuck with that band. I discovered it kind of late in the game. I wasn\u2019t like an original 1975 fan, but I just think the songwriting is really sincere and beautiful. I also think that they are really unique stylistically and \u2026 I don\u2019t know, it\u2019s very emo for pop music. It just does it for me. I really like their live show. I love music that\u2019s emotionally vulnerable, but it\u2019s also, like, pop. I love a catchy melody. I think it\u2019s just one of the few albums that have stuck with me really hard and I kind of just always revisit.<\/p>\n

My favorite song of the 2010s was: <\/strong>\u201cGladly\u201d<\/a> by Tirzah but I also want to say \u201cCellophane\u201d by FKA Twigs. I\u2019m gonna call it a tie. The Tirzah song I really love; that album [2018\u2019s Devotion<\/em>] would be my dead ringer for second place. I love that it\u2019s so minimal and emotional, a unique perspective. She has a family and it\u2019s really heartfelt and beautiful, and it strikes a specific emotional chord for me. I don\u2019t know what it is or how; it just does. I don\u2019t really know much about producing music or making pop music. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d call it pop music, but the way the production on that record sounds is really inspiring to me. That song holds a really special place in my heart.<\/p>\n

And then \u201cCellophane\u201d by FKA Twigs is just so heartbreaking in a way that really connected with me. I love that the lyrics are really simple and repetitive but really powerful and the visuals that have come with this album [2019\u2019s Magdalene<\/em><\/a>] are insane. I listen to it every time I\u2019m \u2026 well, I listen to it every day [Laughs<\/em>]. But it fucks me up extra when I\u2019m sad.<\/p>\n