{"product_id":"jessica-pratt-quiet-signs-lp","title":"Jessica Pratt - Quiet Signs [LP]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJessica Pratt is not a loud performer. She does not have to be. In a club of a few hundred, even the bar staff are known to go quiet while she's on stage. Her third album, Quiet Signs, feels like a distillation of this power. The album leads off with \"Opening Night,\" a nod to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eGena Rowlands'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e harrowing, brilliant performance in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cassavetes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e film of the same name. It’s also an emblem of where this spare, mysterious collection of songs falls in the course of Pratt’s career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"On some level I considered an audience while making the last record (2015's On Your Own Love Again),\" she writes, \"But my creative world was still very private then and I analyzed the process less. This was the first time I approached writing with the idea of a cohesive record in mind.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter a collection of demos and early studio recordings (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJessica Pratt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Birth Records, 2012) earned her a small, dedicated audience, Pratt moved from San Francisco to Los Angeles and recorded her first intentional album in her bedroom in a matter of months. That album, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Your Own Love Again\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Drag City, 2015), would bring her around the world many times, leading many to fall under the spell of Jessica Pratt the performer, the songwriter, the singer with the heavy-lidded voice that feels alien and familiar at the same time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer first album fully recorded in a professional studio setting, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuiet Signs \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003efinds Pratt's songwriting and accompanying guitar work refined -- more distinct and direct. Songs like \"Fare Thee Well\" and \"Poly Blue\" retain glimmers of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOYOLA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's hazy day afternoon spells, yet delicate flute, strings sustained by organ arrangements, and rehearsal room piano now gesture towards the lush chamber pop and longing of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Left Banke\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. On the album’s first single, \"This Time Around,\" Pratt hits on a profound, late-night clarity over just a couple of deep chords, evoking \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaetano Veloso\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's casual seaside brilliance. And before the curtain drops on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuiet Signs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Pratt provides a show-stopping closer, \"Aeroplane.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the world of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuiet Signs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the black of night usually represents fear, despair, resignation; finally at home descending towards the illuminated city, she sings over black leather drone and tambourine shuffle with a newfound resolve. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuiet Signs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the journey of an artist emerging from the darkened wings, growing comfortable as a solitary figure on a sprawling stage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe album was written in Los Angeles and recorded at Gary's Electric in Brooklyn, NY over 2017 and 2018. It was co-produced by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAl Carlson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He plays flute, organ and piano on some songs. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt McDermott\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also played piano and string synthesizer. 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