Here in the Pitch
by Jessica Pratt
- Type: Album
- Released: 3 May 2024
- Label: Mexican Summer, City Slang
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 27:14
- Community rating: 3.76/5 from 13 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
On 'Here in the Pitch', Jessica Pratt expands her signature hypnagogic folk into a panoramic, studio-rich sound, layering her intricate guitar work and distinctive vocals with a sophisticated palette of Mellotron, orchestral percussion, and keyboards. The album's production conjures a hazy, noir-tinged atmosphere inspired by the dark side of the Californian dream, with its nine songs balancing lushly arranged hooks against themes of melancholy and weird optimism. This results in a meticulously constructed work that feels both timeless and sonically ambitious, marking a significant evolution from her sparser acoustic beginnings.
Genres
Descriptors: female-vocals, acoustic, minimal, reverb-heavy, hushed
Tracklist
- Life Is (03:08)
- Better Hate (03:46)
- World on a String (03:09)
- Get Your Head Out (03:25)
- By Hook or by Crook (03:27)
- Nowhere It Was (02:41)
- Empires Never Know (02:32)
- Glances (01:31)
- The Last Year (03:35)
Credits
- Jessica Pratt - vocals, guitar, timpani, 12-string guitar, drums, production, written-by
- Al Carlson - bass, mellotron trumpet, mellotron strings, glockenspiel, baritone saxophone, piano, string synthesizer, organ, mellotron, farfisa, production, mixing, mastering
- Matt McDermott - mellotron acoustic guitar, mellotron horns, mellotron harpsichord, mellotron vibraphone, rhodes, flute, synthesizer, mellotron trumpet, mellotron french horn, production, additional production, written-by
- Peter Mudge - mellotron acoustic guitar, mellotron vibraphone, auxiliary percussion, organ, rhythm ace drum machine, mellotron french horn, production, additional production, written-by
- Alex Goldberg - drums
- Ryley Walker - guitar
- Mauro Refosco - percussion
- Spencer Zahn - bass
- Nina Gofur - photography
- Alex Tults - design, layout