Morning Becomes Eclectic playlist: October 2, 2024

“We’ve been paying very close attention to Jessica Pratt over the years,” KCRW DJ Chris Douridas informs us as we prepare to enter the well cultivated sonic world of the LA-native folk artist. Her style — articulated flawlessly on her new LP Here in the Pitch — is as intriguing as it is evasive with identifiable influences harkening to the golden days of 1960s AM radio. But there’s something thornier and less inclined toward easy-listening throughout. She’s as informed by the LA haunts of Kenneth Anger and Aleister Crowley as she is close listens to Pet Sounds. These far-flung and vivid auditory explorations coalesce into a live session that demands the full attention of all drawn into its orbit. Scrub to 02:05:27, fall right in.