Cat Power unveils “Pa Pa Power” video

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.

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

Tickets

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

Music Video Cat Power - Pa Pa Power (Official Video) - YouTube