“I thought, ‘Avril Lavigne plays guitar - that looks cool.’ So I did that.” She eventually took lessons from an indie-rock legend - Mary Timony, of bands like Helium and Ex Hex. Growing up in suburban Maryland, Jordan began playing at the age of 5, talking her parents into letting her take classical guitar lessons. 'Silence of the Lambs': 'It Broke All the Rules'Ī year ago, Jordan was playing DIY shows at punk houses, while filling out college applications now she’s on the rock & roll highway, touring hard and joining Angel Olsen onstage at Coachella. It’s nice to go see bands and hear guitar solos without people throwing tomatoes.”įlashback: Tina Turner Covers Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson on Debut Solo Album I’ve always been a really big fan of guitar solos.
I like to play really balls out - that’s what it means to be onstage with integrity. “Yeah, we are in an era of shred,” she says cheerfully. Part of Snail Mail’s primal appeal is the way Jordan tackles her music with undimmed teen enthusiasm - Snail Mail are part of a boom of young guitar bands playing unabashed rock & roll, with no apologies. As she admits, “It’s a real emotional roller coaster.” In songs like “Heat Wave,” Jordan sounds wise beyond her years, singing from the perspective of a young queer punk kid in a time of massive cultural transformations.
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Her fantastic debut album Lush is full of pithy and poignant tales about growing up, breaking up and messing up, with her classically trained guitar flourishes. She’s not one to waste time – she was just 16 when she dropped her acclaimed six-song cassette EP Habit.
Lindsey Jordan just graduated from high school last year, but the 18-year-old wunderkind is already turning heads with her band Snail Mail.