- Music
- 07 May 14
The force of nature that is Cat Power pays a July 6 visit to the Dublin Olympia for a fully-seated show, tickets for which are €28.90 and go on sale on Friday.
She'll be plugging Sun, her first album of original material for six years which she wrote, played, recorded and produced entirely herself.
Describing it as “a rebirth”, Ms. Marshall reflects that, “Moon Pix was about extreme isolation and survival in the crazy struggle. Sun is ‘don't look back, pick up, and go confidently into your own future, to personal power and fulfilment.’”
The standout is ‘Nothin’ But Time’, an eight-minute epic featuring the serrated larynx of her pal Iggy Pop. We're also rather partial to ‘Manhattan’, which is a none too distant cousin of Florence’s ‘Dog Days Are Over’.