There's a text message making the rounds on Threads. Or at least it was, briefly, before Cheekface posted it to Instagram and the indie internet quietly went a little feral about it. A casting director reaches out to the LA trio, says they're "one of the favorites" for a project. Big money. Come meet the director. The project, it turns out, is an AT&T commercial.

Lindsey Jordan has never been in a hurry to do things on anyone else's timeline. Five years after Valentine cemented her place among indie rock's best working songwriters, Snail Mail returns this spring with Ricochet, her third album, due March 27 on Matador Records, and a major North American tour to match.