lush is an all-timer for me, and valentine is solid. super excited for this, love the song, video, album art. would kill to have gotten swirlies on one of the midwest shows.
i don't have an opinion on the singles yet but i remember when her first ep came out it was life changing. i haven't listened in years but this weekend i'll do a discography run.
I think Valentine is far and away her best stuff, I liked the first single from this but the second isn’t grabbing me yet.
Valentine is the only Snail Mail release so far that I enjoy front-to-back, but the rest of her catalogue has some very high highs
it’s true tho. I am content being alone on this one lol. I find Lush to be a rather same-y and meandering full album experience with a couple standouts that themselves never really were such strong highlights I found myself revisiting them often, and definitely never compelled me enough to want to keep giving the album more of a shot to grow on me. I liked Habit a decent amount when it came out but it wasn’t something that had a lasting impact on me either. I felt the songwriting on Valentine was much sharper, felt like she was branching out a lot more texturally, and I felt the album as a whole had more focus despite being more varied sonically than prior works. in all honesty, the new songs (while good) strike me as a bit of a regression personally, like Valentine didn’t really get the reception she was hoping for so she’s eschewing most of its eccentricities. thankfully, I feel like she has improved enough as a songwriter to sell me on it, at least so far.