On Your Own Love Again

Jessica Pratt - On Your Own Love Again
Critic Score
Based on 24 reviews
2015 Ratings: #204 / 1021
User Score
Based on 284 ratings
2015 Rank: #159
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CRITIC REVIEWS

100
Q Magazine

The melodic charms are epic, the lyrical insights about romantic disappointment universal.

90
AllMusic

With her 2015 follow-up On Your Own Love Again, Pratt does little to change the hermetic alchemy she began on her debut, offering up only the subtlest developments to her already mesmerizing style. 

90
Paste

At its core, this follow-up to 2012’s JP is as whimsically experimental as it is steeped and reveling in its own revivalism.

90
Billboard

On Your Own Love Again, Pratt's exquisite second LP, both reinforces the 27-year-old's place in the folk tradition and sets her apart as an exceptional songwriter who is a master of nuance and minutiae.

90
Exclaim!

Despite the fact that the album is still almost entirely solo ... the songs seem poppier, trippier; far more open-ended.

87
Northern Transmissions

On Your Own Love Again has a meek and quiet beauty to it that is pre-occupied with faded memories.

81
Pitchfork

Its warm, home-recorded atmosphere is more dramatic and distinctive than Jessica Pratt: finger-picked psychedelia, lucidly layered harmonies, hissy tape effects, an overcast haze.

80
Drowned in Sound
It sounds casual and ramshackle on first listen, but it’s a very detailed and precise record.
80
Clash
‘On Your Own Love Again’ is a timeless record by a remarkable talent only just starting to show what she can do.
80
The 405
Folk and psychedelia from the past and present play a large part, and whilst it has none of the rock elements of current acts like Ty Segall or Thee Oh Sees for example, it isn't a million miles from some of White Fence's gentler psych.
75
The Line of Best Fit

With On Your Own Love Again we need not look far for proof that her music is a sign of a wonderful, maturing talent that we can believe in.

75
Pretty Much Amazing

With On Your Own Love Again, Jessica Pratt has crafted a record that is as accessible as it is complex, two traits that she proves are not mutually exclusive.

75
Consequence of Sound

There are no jitters or missteps on On Your Own Love Again; it’s an album of puzzle-piece precision.

70
No Ripcord

Even though Pratt must have approached the writing of On Your Own Love Again with the trepidation that comes with knowing you’ll be heard, she musters the same aura of languid intimacy achieved on her debut, playing to her strengths

70
PopMatters

On Your Own Love Again is a poignant and melancholy listen; one filled with gentle warmth that rings just as appropriate for both a slowly rising morning or an unwinding evening with a glass or two of wine.

70
Spectrum Culture
A more cohesive collection of nine beautifully crafted home recordings, this record mostly features just her acoustic guitar and haunting vocals.
70
FLOOD Magazine
Karen Dalton, Linda Perhacs, and Nico are often mentioned in the same breath as Jessica Pratt. Although those artists were touchstones for listeners trying to describe her first release, this new set of recordings sees her traveling further down her own special kind of rabbit hole.
60
Rolling Stone
Pratt's jazz-steeped singing and rich guitar harmonies can recall early Joni Mitchell, or a nimble, less overbearing twist on the psychedelic folk of 21st-century artists like Joanna Newsom.
60
Mojo
Witchy and hypnotic.
60
NOW Magazine
Whether you take to Pratt's reedy, quavering vocals (think Vashti Bunyan or Joanna Newsom) is purely subjective, but the way she changes up her register to suit a song's vibe helps bring colour to a fairly flat palette (which only includes the odd dab of organ and clavinet).
60
The Observer

The sophisticated songwriting nods to Joni Mitchell and Sibylle Baier, but an appealing playfulness is evident too.

60
Tiny Mix Tapes

As a whole, On Your Own Love Again is a somewhat murkier affair.

currentjoyys
81

FAVORITE TRACK: Back, Baby

LEAST FAVORITE TRACK: Moon Dude

Shoutout to Atlanta S3E1 for putting me onto this.

95

Explorative surrealist recording based around dream logic. Half-remembered callbacks to Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf in Strange Melody. Sudden real-time pitch shifts in voice and guitar in Jacquelyn. I've Got a Feeling sounds like it was recorded in the sky. An unreal vibe, best in genre.

cstuart
82

JESSICA PRATT I LOVE YOU!

90

Feel like I’m listening to a fairy

88

I like what Jessica was going for with this album. Feels intensely personal and like a reflection upon memories, both good and bad. Instrumentally and vocally it is extremely pleasant on the ears. Tough subject matters that are softened by the calming qualities it has.

solliesthewise
74

Very Pretty

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Added on: November 23, 2014