Snail Mail - Lindsey Jordan

About this episode

Lindsey Jordan of Snail Mail discusses her journey with perfectionism, anxiety, and her new album Ricochet.

“When I started going to rock & roll camp once a summer, I definitely always felt like there was a lot to be proven of being like a girl, a small girl,” says Snail Mail ’s Lindsey Jordan. “My whole brain was just this ‘Be better than the boys, I have to in order to be able to even just exist’ thing, and that took some of the enjoyment out of it. But now I do have a bloodlust for getting better, and I don’t know if I would have that if it weren’t for having so much of an inferiority complex for so long.” In episode 136, Jordan delves further into how the perfectionism she developed early on, as a preciously talented kid guitarist at rock camp, has been both a blessing and a curse — on the one hand it has inspired her to constantly strive to improve, on the other it has contributed to intense anxiety that she still battles. We discuss the theme of anxiety and obsession in her life, and the role those things played in the excellent new Snail Mail album, Ricochet . Don’t worry, we also get into a lot of lighter fare, talking about the artists she obsessed over as a kid during one of indie music’s heydays, when she poured over Tumblr to discover bands like Beach House and Warpaint…

People in this episode

Host: Jenny Eliscu

Guest: Lindsey Jordan

Topics covered

• anxiety
• perfectionism
• music influences
• indie music
• touring
• personal growth

Keywords

• Snail Mail
• Lindsey Jordan
• Ricochet
• anxiety
• perfectionism
• indie music
• music influences
• touring

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Snail Mail

Books & works: Ricochet

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