LOVE the new single, so glad she's back. Fiona AND Chan in the same year, I can hardly contain myself!!!
― Peace (peaceful) (The Brainwasher), Friday, 22 June 2012 16:28 (eleven years ago) link
she does not sound like herself any more.
― alex in mainhattan, Friday, June 22, 2012 5:10 PM (29 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
^^yeah i think this is okay/maybe pretty nice but i would give anything for a cat power record in which she was singing in her original harmonica-like clean ringing bell of a voice instead of her weird sultry post-you-are-free affectated slur. even the way the vocals are recorded on this is strange. too much.
― blossom smulch (schlump), Friday, 22 June 2012 16:43 (eleven years ago) link
17 min into this- http://www.npr.org/2012/06/26/155705361/summer-music-preview-premieres-from-cat-power-avett-brothers-grizzly-bear-and-mo
― blossom smulch (schlump), Tuesday, 26 June 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
"Cherokee" oddly sounds like an alternate 90s version of Cat Power, one where Chan Marshall chose drum programming and layers and trip-hop atmospheres rather than guitars and low fidelity.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 04:28 (eleven years ago) link
...whatever that means.
Anyway, song's kind of flat and aimless imo.
weirdest thing about it is how after an intro that sounds like nu-era-digital-cat-power it morphs into something sorta moon pix-esque - the tangled guitars and layered singing
― blossom smulch (schlump), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 11:33 (eleven years ago) link
She's always been aimless and plain but she used to have a very hypnotic, breathy voice that made the meandering passages seem worthwhile... she might have been rubbish for all I care but it sounded heartfelt and it got into my nerves in a good way. Without the hypnotic, nudity of her voice we're just left with a pointless version of her.
― Moka, Monday, 2 July 2012 08:31 (eleven years ago) link
Can't judge the full album yet but Ruin doesn't sound like it has enough going on to pull my attention or demand a replay.
― Moka, Monday, 2 July 2012 08:34 (eleven years ago) link
Without the hypnotic, nudity of her voice
this is lovely & otm, moka. i def can't get anything out of the performative tone she has on the last few.
i always try to find a live version of what would the community think that i can't find online anywhere, to post in support of my old-cat-power-best-cat-power argument. her voice used to just carry & call out.
― blossom smulch (schlump), Monday, 2 July 2012 10:31 (eleven years ago) link
ohhhh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97nNDDDUWHs
chan your voice is like a wonderful harmonica
― blossom smulch (schlump), Monday, 2 July 2012 10:36 (eleven years ago) link
man, the new album is really bad
― Number None, Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:48 (eleven years ago) link
and everyone otm about what she's lost from her vocals
― Number None, Saturday, 28 July 2012 13:49 (eleven years ago) link
aw that's sad
― , Blogger (schlump), Saturday, 28 July 2012 14:30 (eleven years ago) link
Have people heard this yet? Am I the only one who thinks it's kind of great? It's her best since You Are Free by a mile, but it feels more like a counterpoint to that album than a sequel. It's so bright and buzzy and the bass on every song is just huge; it's distinct from all of her other records.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 15:46 (eleven years ago) link
And yeah, there are a few kind of embarrassing stylistic flourishes or indulgences throughout the album, but I don't think they really detract from anything. Even Moon Pix had its share of those
I heard it casually last night and I liked what I overheard! Has a I do not want what I haven't got kind of production vibe? Considering I have no love for any Cat Power post-Moon Pix I was pretty impressed, will listen again
― Ówen P., Monday, 13 August 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
Uh, that was not meant to be a sideways dis at 00s CP. Just mentioned it b/c I'm a specific fan of two awesome records, I can see how the new one would dismay fans of "You are free" etc.
― Ówen P., Monday, 13 August 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
Been listening to this constantly for the last week or two. I'm still impressed by how much umphff and authority these songs have. Not something I expected from Cat Power.
― Evan R, Monday, 13 August 2012 21:33 (eleven years ago) link
i can't really work this album out: i like the sound, i like her voice, but a lot of the time it seems kind of blustery and empty? and doesn't go anywhere much? idk.
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 15 August 2012 15:24 (eleven years ago) link
the nico jaar remix of "cherokee" is HEAVENLY though
i like this album a lot
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 11:44 (eleven years ago) link
this is kinda terrible imo
― some dude, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 13:17 (eleven years ago) link
i still don't know what i think of this but "manhattan" has this glorious day-drunk vibe. more songs like that plz
― monotony, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 13:21 (eleven years ago) link
the monkey on your back song rules
― spazzmatazz, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 14:06 (eleven years ago) link
I think the truth is, really, I've never liked Cat Power as much as I've pretended to like Cat Power. Community and Moon Pix have the bulk of the material I like, then there's a few songs on You Are Free and The Greatest (and I like her "Hanging on the Telephone" cover for the cellphone commercial), but that's about it really. The pre-Community albums, the covers albums and Sun are all mostly in one ear out the other for me.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
Bought this yesterday, played it once through last night, and thought it seemed awesome.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 11:57 (eleven years ago) link
the real long track on this is fucking amazing
― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:07 (eleven years ago) link
'nothin' but time' ??
― pandemic, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:26 (eleven years ago) link
the superhero one i think
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― young money color me badd (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:27 (eleven years ago) link
Does it take the chord structure from Heroes by Bowie?
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 12:28 (eleven years ago) link
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― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 21:34 (eleven years ago) link
what would the community think is her masterpiece. that is the sound of pure fucking desolation, being in a hole
― spazzmatazz, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
Started listening to this now. Don't know if it will turn out to be Tron or Field Day.
― POLLed Turkey Has Got Me (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 23:58 (eleven years ago) link
So, she broke?
― Moka, Wednesday, 31 October 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
should i go see her when she comes to philly?
pros: i love her musiccons: chances are good she won't finish the show?
― Mordy, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 05:02 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think she's "not finished a show" in years and years.
― sean gramophone, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
Based on the show I saw, and what I've read of the others, these are some of the most confounding shows she's ever played. They begin really shaky (so much so that a lot of people leave) and then end triumphantly. At times the juxtaposition between the good and the bad felt deliberate, almost as if she was faking the bad parts. I tossed around some theories about what might have been going on in my review of the show, but really, I have no idea what she was going for.
Anyway, as a fan I'm glad I went, because it was an experience and when she hits her stride it's still really glorious.
― Evan R, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
looked at a few setlists and found almost nothing from moon pix or wwtct, but a TON of covers. uninterested. love her new hairdo tho
― black redhead (spazzmatazz), Wednesday, 28 November 2012 16:21 (eleven years ago) link
might be worth going just to do a head-count of all different eras of cat power haircuts the audience is miming
― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
maybe like a cat power people's choice awards, researched without having actually talked to anyone
― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwray/surrounded-by-legends#.wbRYqRy7e
― 龜, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 15:52 (eight years ago) link
that was excellent, thanks
― rip van wanko, Wednesday, 10 February 2016 21:45 (eight years ago) link