Release Date:
02/18/2003
Artist:
Cat Power
Some will come to Cat Powers fifth album because of heavyweight guest stars like Eddie Vedder and Dave Grohl. Thats cool. Theyll come back because Chan Marshall, the quirky singer-songwriter who pens eerie folk rock as Cat Power, is the real deal. On the twangy Good Woman, a mournful electric guitar jousts with a violin as Vedders trademark moan backs Marshalls own chilling warble. Elsewhere, power chords rough up Free, and a spare piano creeps through the stunning Evolution. It seems everything this Cat drags in is worth keeping.
