Sometimes the story is better than the picture. Take Lindsey Jordan from the US state of Maryland. Only 19 years old, she was busy with her final exams when her band Snail Mail - named after the traditional, 'slow' way of mail delivery - took off on the internet. The occasion was the 2016 debut EP Habit, whose song Thinning was picked up by the influential music site Pitchfork. Extensive tours as
… support program for and among othersdid the rest in America. The question is whether Europe, and more particularly the Netherlands, will follow. Jordan's girl voice sounds quite pleasant and sympathetic. For example, when she opens a book in Pristine about a breakup ('Is there any better feeling than coming clean?'). Nor is it the grungy 90s sound. But that is now being made by countless peers, but with better songs. Take or in your own country, for example . What you get far is not always better. (RME)more
