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Cat Power: “Ruin” (2 of 6)
Cat Power mastermind Chan Marshall doesn’t follow the customary two-year album cycle most musicians do – Sun, the record Matador will drop on September 4, is her first collection of original material in six years. But that’s given her a lot of time to thoroughly refine her songs into gorgeous, minimalist, and absolutely complete little worlds in and of themselves: enter first single “Ruin,” in which Marshall meditates on wanderlust and small-town ennui in a hypnotic, smoky canter over a driving, mesmerizing, infinitely layered piano loop that gives way only to sharp spikes of distorted, bluesy guitar. When Marshall sings about what she’s seen it’s like she’s whispering in your ear – it’s impossible to feel like you haven’t seen it too. –– Genevieve Oliver
