Dominique Pruitt
Pretty like a pistol, all ablaze like a California desert sunset, cowgirl crooner Dominique Pruitt is back with a brand-new EP, Praying for Rain. Produced by Joseph Holiday, the EP’s five songs are a country mix of Dolly Parton, Wanda Jackson, and Nancy Sinatra, a stylistic medley of spaghetti westerns and surf rock. Praying for Rain trills the universal story of the struggle to follow a dream…with a couple love songs involving offing a lover with a pistol for good measure.
Pruitt was born into a musical legacy. Her father Larry Brown played in The Association and Smothers Brothers before joining Engelbert Humperdinck in the ‘80s, where he met her singer mother Anne-Marie Leclerc, who sang with John Waite and The Baby’s. Pruitt’s own singing career started as a young girl: her first audience was her trusty steed (literally) who would listen while walking for hours on a dusty trail. Now, Pruitt embarks on her own off-trail musical venture with this collection of songs, from an undeniably catchy comeback single entitled “High in the Valley” to rockabilly ballad “Even My Roses Are Blue.”
Pruitt’s musical style nods to the aesthetic of bygone eras, updating her pop Patsy Cline and 60s beach vibes with hints of Nick Lowe and The Cramps. “High in the Valley” is a smoky concoction of forlorn spirits caught in grungy dive bars in nowhere middle America, the dust of the open road crawling around ankles as nameless ne’er-do-wells hover in the background.