Snail Mail has announced her third album, Ricochet. It’s the follow-up to 2021’s Valentine, and due out on March 27 via Matador. She recorded it with producer and bassist Aron Kobayashi Ritch of Momma, and says the sessions felt “refreshing, trusting, and comfortable.” “I’ve never done this before, but I wrote all of the instrumentals and vocal melodies on the piano or guitar, and then I filled in the lyrics all at once over a year,” she adds. See the cover art and tracklist below, and pre-order it on red vinyl in the BV shop.
The first single is the alt rock-inspired “Dead End,” which is accompanied by a video she directed with Elsie Richter. “We shot the video for ‘Dead End’ in random places all around rural North Carolina between the hours of 5pm and 4am on one of the coldest nights of my life,” she says. “The goal was to be inconspicuous with the fireworks, but someone called the cops on us.” Watch below.
Snail Mail also announced a spring North American tour, beginning on April 10 in Milwaukee and wrapping up with Kilby Block Party in May. Sharp Pins, Avalon Emerson and The Charm, @, Swirlies, Armlock, and Rocket each open select shows, and you can see all dates below.
The NYC show is at Brooklyn Paramount on April 15 with Sharp Pins and @. Tickets to that and all dates go on sale Friday, January 23 at 10 AM local time.
SNAIL MAIL – RICOCHET TRACKLIST
Tractor Beam
My Maker
Light On Our Feet
Cruise
Agony Freak
Dead End
Butterfly
Nowhere
Hell
Ricochet
Reverie
SNAIL MAIL: 2026 TOUR DATES
April 10 — Milwaukee, WI — Turner Hall *
April 11 — Chicago, IL — The Riviera Theatre *^
April 12 — Detroit, MI — Majestic Theatre *^
April 13 — Toronto, ON — The Concert Hall *^
April 15 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount *~
April 16 — Philadelphia, PA — The Fillmore *+
April 17 — Boston, MA — Big Night Live *+
April 18 — Baltimore, MD — Union Collective Parking Lot *+
April 20 — Saxapahaw, NC — Haw River Ballroom *
April 21 — Asheville, NC — The Orange Peel *
April 22 — Atlanta, GA — Variety Playhouse *
April 24 — Houston, TX — White Oak Music Hall (Downstairs) *
April 25 — Dallas, TX — Granada Theater *
April 26 — Austin, TX — Stubb’s *
April 28 — Oklahoma City, OK — The Tower Theatre *
April 30 — Phoenix, AZ — The Van Buren *&
May 1 — Los Angeles, CA — The Wiltern *%
May 2 — San Diego, CA — Observatory North Park *&
May 4 — San Francisco, CA — The Warfield *%
May 5 — Sacramento, CA — Ace of Spades *&
May 7 — Portland, OR — Crystal Ballroom *&
May 8 — Seattle, WA — Moore Theatre *&
May 9 — Vancouver, BC — Vogue Theatre *&
May 11 — Boise, ID — Treefort Music Hall *&
May 13 — Denver, CO — Ogden Theatre *&
May 15 — Salt Lake City, UT — Kilby Block Party
June 26 — London, UK — Electric Ballroom
* with Sharp Pins
^ with Avalon Emerson and The Charm
~ with @
+ with Swirlies
& with Armlock
% with Rocket