Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch Available On:Dinked LP John Darnielle returns to his

John Darnielle returns to his lo-fi roots for an album of alienation

and a new name: the in crowd

a sensitivity towards complex feelings

For every gruff and gritty croak in the outfit's catalog

Not since Ray Davies has a songwriter been able to craft such sharply observed vignettes in the space of a three-minute pop song like the late Adam Schlesinger

Jessica Pratt - Here In The Pitch Available On:Dinked LP John Darnielle returns to hisOn 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.