THE FLETCHER PRATT

[Download "Sugar Won't Let You Sleep" from Slumber Party Highs EP]
[Download "Electrocute" from Nine By Nine]

Back in like '99 I wrote for a few local zines, whoop dee do. However, doing so introduced me to a lot of really geat music, and even more bad music. The Fletcher Pratt just happens to be one of the few good acts I was introduced to while writing. I got an email from a band member's sister or cousin or girlfriend saying she represented this band. She told me they sounded like The Beatles and The Kinks. So, I told her to send the album over. Days later I received Slumber Party Highs, and popped it in the player. I immediately loved it.

Natives of Detroit, The Fletcher Pratt are the unsung heroes of early motor city-style "indie" rock. The sound is a masterful mix of Stone's style psychedelia and 60's pop. But they are more than that, each song is unique and have obvious influences from groups like The Byrds, The Stooges, The Beatles, The Kinks, or more recently The Lilys. Unfortunatley, their career was short. The Fletcher Pratt disbanded in late 2000, long before they got the credit they deserved.

Slumber Party Highs EP was released in 1999 on Kite Records. Nine By Nine was released in 2000 on British label, Rainbow Quartz.

-Miike