Sun
Chan Marshall's new album comes 17 years after her debut as Cat Power and six years after her most recent collection of original material. Sun, her first album to feature synthesizers, Auto-Tune, and Iggy Pop, exists completely and defiantly outside of any larger musical trends.
That Chan Marshall took six years between albums of new material fits with the mythology that has defined and dogged her since she started playing sad, spare songs as Cat Power in the mid-’90s. She’s supposed to be flaky and temperamental at best, downright crazy at worst, prone to onstage breakdowns and odd…
Chan Marshall/Cat Power has spent the last few years tentatively courting the mainstream, traveling to Memphis for her most…
Six years between albums would be a lifetime for many artists, but Cat Power's Chan Marshall managed to pack a couple of lifetimes' worth of experiences between The Greatest and Sun.
Despite an at times tumultuous personal life, Chan Marshall’s output has always been driven by an assured, direct artistic vision; from the sultry Delta blues themed The Greatest, to the lo-fi purism of What Would the Community Think. Her latest outing is a somewhat less focused piece, which finds the chanteuse exploring new territory, though largely finding success in familiar places.
Chan Marshall's ninth album has arrived after a long, six-year incubation process. The album was announced in a 2006 New York Times profile following the release of The Greatest, and the piece even went on to state that all of the songs for the album had
Despite neurosis , breakdowns, breakups and boozing, the seductively toned Chan Marshall has released eight incredibly disparate studio albums; she’s as prolific as she is unpredictable.
Cat Power's first album of original material in six years glows with hard-won contentment, writes <strong>Ally Carnwath</strong>
On Chan Marshall's first studio album in six years, she seems to have found some peace, and it's quite moving to hear it, writes <strong>Caroline Sullivan</strong>
Chan Marshall bounces back with her most sonically ambitious album to date. CD review by Lisa-Marie Ferla