Here in the Pitch is a gorgeous slice of baroque pop, but also something gnarlier and more complicated. Recording for the second time at Gary’s Electric Studio in Brooklyn and employing a full band, Pratt’’s realized a lush, baroque 1960s pop sound akin to Vashti Bunyan’s work with Andrew Loog Oldham, Dusty Springfield, even Petula Clark.
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Jessica Pratt :: Life Is
Jessica Pratt returned last week with a delicately stunning new tune called “Life Is,” the first taste off her forthcoming new album, Here in the Pitch. The track, which has been on serious repeat, finds Pratt orbiting a Blossom Dearie-like sphere—its big 60s girl group backbeat, staccato strings, and kaleidoscopic production accompanying her on an existential carousel.
Jessica Pratt :: The Aquarium Drunkard Interview
Jessica Pratt doesn’t have many contemporaries. Her nylon-string reveries exist in a precarious space between the then and now, and she seems destined to float as a cult figure for […]
AD Presents: An Evening With Jessica Pratt & Kevin Morby
Friday, February 27th, Aquarium Drunkard presents an intimate evening with Kevin Morby and Jessica Pratt in Long Beach. Location to be announced . Limited capacity. Tickets available for purchase, here . We have a few pair to […]
Jessica Pratt :: Back, Baby
This has been on constant repeat. Seriously. Via On Your Own Love Again, out January 2015 – Drag City
Jessica Pratt :: Central Park (Pendarvis Farm, OR)
Footage of Jessica Pratt performing “Central Park” (last summer at Pickathon) at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, Oregon. This year’s festival is happening August 1-3. We’ll be there. Details,
AD Presents :: Jessica Pratt – Berlin, Germany / January 20th
We’re in Berlin for six months. Next up — AD presents Jessica Pratt , January 20th, at Monarch . We’re giving away a few pairs of tickets to AD readers. To enter, leave […]
Jessica Pratt :: S/T
The only thing visible on the cover of Jessica Pratt’s debut album is her face bursting out of an antique blackness in bright contrast. The image is zoomed in so closely it […]