Wednesday, June 13th 2012
Studio Reports: Cat Power
Cat Power Explains Her Long Gap Between Records
Last year, when Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power) debuted some new material live, it seemed like she was finally close to releasing a new album – which would be her first original work since 2006′s The Greatest. However, things took longer than some might have expected, as she completed Sun, her ninth LP, in April, with a release date set for September 11. Recently, Ms. Marshall took the opportunity to explain why it the process was so long-winded.
In an interview with The Stool Pigeon (via The Quietus), Chan Marshall provided a pretty extensive comment on how a relationship was part of what generated the gap between her records: “I entered a long relationship which I really wanted to be successful. You know that thing we’re all raised to want: a beautiful life with children — that family thing that is tangible? [pauses] Before, I tended to just survive, survive, survive. Gaining a lot of… not knowledge, not life experience… but I had this opportunity of travelling around the world, meeting all these people and having these experiences that have shaped who I am now.”
She continued: “Then there’s this other part of me who wants to be a mother; who wants to love so deeply on a level I’ve never know; to have that connection with life I’ve never felt. It’s very different from singing a song and feeling in communion with humanity, so it was hard for me to be a believer in two completely different things. It was difficult creating both and that’s why it took so long.” Marshall concluded by saying: “I was trying to grow my personal life in a way that I never did before. So now that relationship is over and it’s come full circle… There’s a great loss personally in my life right now, but there’s also a gift in that I’m lucky I finished this album.”
Cat Power’s Sun is expected to be released in September. More details as they become available.
i love her.