Andy Pratt

“Andy Pratt (Not That One)”
-Steve Albini

This is what was scribbled with a sharpie pen onto a CD of mixes handed to Andy on July 16th, 2016. After receiving an email from Pratt in January of the same year, recording engineer legend Steve Albini quickly realized that he was not dealing with the Boston Rock Icon of the ‘70s, but yet a new & different Andy Pratt.
As a vocalist, guitarist, songwriter & photographer, Pratt loves the fuzz, blur, grain, & beautiful imperfections of live music and art. With an affinity for analog recording, vintage instruments, film cameras, string quartets, & brooding melodies, he creates a modern impressionist world for his work to live within.
Pratt sings with a dry vocal and a touch of vibrato unaltered by any synthetic effects. He saves most of the reverbs for his guitar. He is a storyteller who sings to clearly evoke a mood, space or time. He brings his listeners into the world he’s created.
The winter of 2017 finds Pratt preparing for the spring release of his debut record, “Horizon Disrupted.” Handing his band members some solo demos that he recorded on a 4-track Tascam cassette recorder he knew that he’d want that tape/analog sound on the final product. Pratt naturally sought out Steve Albini at Electrical Audio Studios in Chicago and had him track and mix the album. “Horizon Disrupted” is a collection of eight haunting songs written over the past five years. The topics dig deep into love, sex, relationships, & an overall sense of longing for what could lie ahead. The album features a vocals/guitar, bass, & drums trio augmented by a string quartet on six of the eight selections. With the music, lyrics, arrangements & artwork for the album all created by Pratt, there is a cohesive thread that shows these things are one & the same.
Andy Pratt is a Chicago-based singer-songwriter & jazz artist. He can be found playing guitar & singing most nights throughout the city & Midwest region. Pratt is often a featured guest with the Joe Policastro Trio & appears on the group’s 2016 sophomore release, “Pops.” He has also recorded with singer-songwriter Adam James Sorensen & appears on his debut “Midwest” album.
With his “reverberating (guitar) tone,” “Pratt…tastefully reconstructs (the music) with his deeply emotive monologue.” [Chicagojazz.com]