L.A. Siren Jessica Pratt Calls Listeners to the Orchestral Rocks with New Single, “Life Is”

The debut single from Jessica Pratt’s forthcoming fourth album Here in the Pitch, the song “Life Is” is an impressive mix of baroque pop-psychedelia.

Underpinned by a symphonic albeit subdued production sheen, Pratt targets lovelorn listeners with a type of haunted and haunting lyricism (“Life is, it’s never what you think it’s for / and I can’t seem to set it off / and lately I’ve been insecure”), transmitted through a captivating voice that somehow evokes Dusty Springfield, Arthur Lee and Skeeter Davis—no small feat! Clocking in at three minutes, “Life Is” is a micro-galaxy of romantic longing, intended to pass by quickly yet (not unlike the dark arrogance of self-pity) leaves one desirous of even more.

Accompanying the song is a video co-directed by Pratt and Colby Drescher that is a fever-dream image to ‘60s underground filmmakers Kenneth Anger and Stan Brakhage.

Here in the Pitch drops May 3 on Mexican Summer. Pre-order here. Watch the video for “Life Is” below and stream the song via your preferred platform here.