Jessica Pratt, “As The World Turns”

Jessica Pratt
“As The World Turns”
Quiet Signs (out now on Kemado)
“Quiet Signs” is the perfect title for the new album from the forever low-key San Franciscan who rarely raises her voice above a gentle coo. But if you listen closely, the disc is a treasure trove of subtly majestic, pastoral folk. Leadoff track, “As the World Turns,” highlights the way Pratt’s voice creeps around the arrangement. Like a daddy longlegs crawling across a Laurel Canyon ceiling, it never overpowers its setting, but it’s also impossible to take your eyes (er, ears) off it.