Azalia Snail

Azalia Snail is an American avant-garde singer-songwriter and musician.

Career

Solo albums After graduating high school, Snail moved to New York City and worked as a writer. Left Hip Magazine'''s reviewer Michael Byrne described Celestial Respect as "a hopeful space pop melodrama that seeks to reignite human kindness through music that feels and sounds electronic and mechanical, creating an intriguing dichotomy to muse over while listening."

In November 2017, Radio SiriusXM debuted Azalia Snail's cover of Tom Petty's classic track The Wild One, Forever.

In February 2018, Snail released the album Neon Resistance to positive reviews. Daniel Sylvester of Exclaim! said the album "beams with joyousness and youthful vigour." Abstract Analogue said it had "the perfect measure of everything to make it soar and add to the tally of outstanding songs here that will stand the test of time." In an interview, Snail stated that the album's theme is "Staying true to yourself, your vision, and the ones to whom you surround yourself. The resistance, after all, is irresistible."

Snail recorded her 2024 album POWERLOVER, released on Cloud Recordings, during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was described as her "musical response to a world navigating through uncertain times, offering melodies that promote kindness and redemption" and evoking, as she put it, "an urgent plea for humanity to be kinder." Strange Brew said "In a world often besieged by negativity, Azaila Snail emerges as a beacon of light." It’s Psychedelic Baby Magazine said "Azalia Snail, the trailblazing avant-garde musician renowned for her unique blend of experimental sounds and heartfelt emotion, returns with her new album, ‘Powerlover,’ out on Cloud Recordings." Queen City Sounds and Art said "Azalia Snail Resets Your Brain From the Conditioned Conformity of Modern Life With her Lo-Fi Psychedelic Electronic album."

Azalia’s follow up to Powerlover will be “Gentle Mental” releasing summer 2026 on Cloud Recordings.

Collaborations While residing in New York City in the 1990s, Snail first collaborated with filmmaker Sadie Benning to score the music for a video shown on MTV. from their final album Hey What.

Discography

Studio albumsSnailbait (1990, Albertine)Burnt Sienna (1992, Funky Mushroom)How to Live With a Tiger (with Susanne Lewis as "Hail/Snail") (1993, Funky Mushroom)Fumarole Rising (1994, Funky Mushroom)Escape Maker (1995, Garden of Delights)Blue Danube (1995, Normal)Deep Motif (1996, Candy Floss)Breaker Mortar (1997, Dark Beloved Cloud)Soft Bloom (1999, Dark Beloved Cloud)Brazen Arrows (2001, Dark Beloved Cloud)Avec Amour (2006, True Classical)Celestial Respect (2011, Silber Records)LoveyDove (2014, LAs Fine)Snail Meets West (2015, Union Pole)Neon Resistance (2018, Silber Records/USA & Thokei Tapes/Germany)POWERLOVER (2024, Cloud Recordings) Compilation albumsThe Teenage Bedroom Tapes 1987–1991 (1992, Union Pole)Petal Metal'' (2008, Powertool)