2. Jessica Pratt – ‘Back, Baby’

The LA songwriter comes back strong.
The songlady who made one of my favourite albums of 2012 and one of favourite singer-songwriter albums in the last few years returns in January with a new album On Your Own Love Again. ‘Back, Baby’ hasn’t lost that same air of eerie nostalgic songwriting, like Pratt went back to the past to record it.

Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.