Asher White is taking her admiration of Jessica Pratt to the next level; she just released a full-album cover of the singer-songwriter’s 2012 self-titled debut — much to Pratt’s appreciation. “White’s curiously inventive renditions took me by surprise,” Pratt said in a press release. “A broad sweep stylistically and production-wise. Not just homage, but a record in its own right.” The album arrives with news of a tour for White, too. Check out her full list of tour dates and listen to the cover album below.
Although all songs on Jessica Pratt were written by Pratt, of course, White puts her own distinct spin on each one while juggling over a dozen different instruments, handling vocals, electric and acoustic guitar, banjo, bass, drums, electronics, percussion, prepared piano, string arrangements, synths, and programming. White is joined by Bee Clark on vocals during “Casper,” and Lila Lifton on violin during “Midnight Wheels.” The covers LP follows her 2025 album 8 Tips for Full Catastrophe Living.
Near the end of 2021, White discovered Jessica Pratt’s debut album “on the cusp of my 21st birthday” and fell in love. “At some point it became one of those records I’d listened to so many times that I would find myself unconsciously singing phantom harmonies alongside it, or hearing arrangements that didn’t exist; eventually the specter of these imagined arrangements became substantive enough that I decided it would be a fun exercise to try and learn the whole record to actualize my fantasies,” said White. “This is to say: my ability to hastily fashion together a working album from these songs is a testament to the music’s enduring power, its durability and pliability, its simplicity and sense of inevitability, and also just how much it has meant to me in my life.”
This May, White will head out on a headlining tour of the west coast; she plans to stop in San Diego, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, and other cities. But first, White will perform in Brooklyn on April 28.
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Asher White:
04-28 Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere Zone One
05-05 San Diego, CA – Che Cafe
05-07 Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon
05-08 San Luis Obispo, CA – The Bunker
05-09 Oakland, CA – Eli’s Mile High Club
05-12 Portland, OR – Swan Dive
05-13 Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern
05-15 Santa Cruz, CA – Smith House
