Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch (CD) Format:CD and Canadian drummer Jim Walker

and Canadian drummer Jim Walker

and personal — outlasting the misogynist criticisms that could have derailed her early career

a coming-of-age ballad that could be Petty's best song

New York and London

Standouts include the slouch cool of Jesus Says and the Sonic Youth-like burr of Death Trip 21

Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch (CD) Format:CD and Canadian drummer Jim WalkerOn her fourth album, west coast artist Jessica Pratt expands the scope of her artistry, placing her sharpest songs to date within an ever broadening pool of influences including spectral '60s pop, Hollywood psychedelia and bossa nova. Whereas Pratt's 2019 record, Quiet Signs, floated elegantly in the ether, Here in the Pitch is entrenched in more earthen characteristics, as the title suggests, and her craft is emboldened with a newfound gravitas.