Cat Power unveils “Pa Pa Power” video from her upcoming ‘Covers’ record

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Unveils “Pa Pa Power” video – watch here

New album Covers due Jan 14th

Announces 32-date North American tour for 2022 + European live shows

Photo Credit: Mario Sorrenti

Cat Power, the singer/songwriter/producer Chan Marshall, has shared “Pa Pa Power,” a new preview of her forthcoming album Covers (January 14th/Domino).  Along with the music video for “Pa Pa Power” – Marshall’s rendition of the Dead Man’s Bones song – she has announced an extensive tour of North America. These live dates join her previously announced European shows next year.

Watch the Greg Hunt-directed video for “Pa Pa Power,” filmed at The Echo in Los Angeles here.

Stream “Pa Pa Power” here.

On deciding to record “Pa Pa Power,” Marshall says: “I started playing this solo in 2012 (originally more dissonant and trance-y), when the Occupy Wall street protests were going on. Occupy was bunkering down and saying, ‘This shit’s fucking fucked up.’ And helping citizens be a voice in their local government. They got a lot of good things done, but the American media killed the movement.  I felt like this song was relative to that. The American media has always penalized any sort of social progressiveness and is always the first to express conservative rhetoric against something that is beneficial to the nation. I’d open with this song on the 2013 China tour. ‘Burn the streets, burn the cars.’”

Marshall announced the hotly anticipated Covers in early October with a performance of Frank Ocean’s “Bad Religion” and an interview on The Late Late Show With James Corden. Watch the “Bad Religion” performance here. Marshall’s rendition was highlighted everywhere from Pitchfork, Mojo and Uncut to The FADER, NME and Rolling Stone. She also released her “personal favorite,” a cover of The Pogues’ “A Pair Of Brown Eyes.”

Produced in its entirety by Marshall, Covers also features reimaginings of recordings by Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, The Replacements, Billie Holiday, Lana Del Rey and more, plus an updated rendition of the Cat Power song “Hate” from The Greatest (2006), retitled “Unhate” for the album.

Marshall’s work as Cat Power has defied genre and convention, her legacy rippling through the work of a wide range of contemporary musical luminaries ranging from Lana Del Rey and Angel Olsen, to Clairo and Phoebe Bridgers. Covers have long defined Chan’s work and she makes each of them her own. Her most recent record Wanderer (2018) even featured a cover of Rihanna’s “Stay” which she distilled to its most devastating lines.

TOUR DATES

16th January – Albany, NY – Empire Live

18th January – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club

19th January – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel

20th January – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts

22nd January – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club

24th January – Atlanta, GA – Eastern

25th January – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl

27th January – Houston, TX – House of Blues

28th January – Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre

29th January – Austin, TX – Emo’s

31st January Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom

2nd February – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre

4th February – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory

5th February – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre

6th February – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall

7th February – Seattle, WA – The Showbox

9th February – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades

10th February – San Francisco, CA – Castro Theatre

11th February – Los Angeles, CA – The Orpheum Theatre

19th April – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall

21st April – Detroit, MI -St. Andrews

22nd April – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom

23rd April – Minneapolis, MN       – Varsity Theater

25th April – St. Louis, MO – Red Flag

26th April – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue

27th April – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues

29th April – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre

30th April – Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall

1st May – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre

3rd May – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place

5th May – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater

6th May – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre

28th May – Lausanne – Les Docks

29th May – Paris – Salle Pleyel

31st May – Clermont Ferrand – La Cooperative De Mai

1st June – Luxembourg – L’Atelier

3rd June – Berlin – Tempodrom

6th June – Cenon – Le Rocher De Palmer

7th June – Nantes – Stereolux

8th June – Rennes – Le Mem

12th June – Utrecht – Tivoli Vredenburg

13th June – Hamburg – Kampnagel

15th June – La Rochelle – La Sirene

16th June – Rouen – Le 106

20th June – Rome – Auditorium Parco Della Musica

21st June – Sesto Al Reghena – Sexto ‘Nplugged

22nd June – Zurich – Kaufleuten

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COVERS TRACKLIST

1. Bad Religion – Frank Ocean
2. Unhate – Cat Power – Chan Marshall
3. Pa Pa Power – Dead Man’s Bones
4. White Mustang – Lana Del Rey
5. A Pair of Brown Eyes – The Pogues
6. Against the Wind – Bob Seger
7. Endless Sea – Iggy Pop
8. These Days – Jackson Browne
9. It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – Kitty Wells
10. I Had a Dream Joe – Nick Cave
11. Here Comes a Regular – The Replacements
12. I’ll Be Seeing You – Billie Holiday

 Covers is available to pre-order now on DomMart limited-edition silver vinyl with an exclusive 7” featuring a cover of The Rolling Stones’ “You Got the Silver”, LP, CD and digitally. Pre-order: Dom Mart | Digital

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