Cat Power has unveiled her cover of Dead Man’s Bones’ ‘Pa Pa Power’, the latest preview of her upcoming album Covers. The track follows her renditions of Frank Ocean’s ‘Bad Religion’ and The Pogues’ ‘A Pair Of Brown Eyes’. Watch the Greg Hunt-directed video for it below.
“I started playing this solo in 2012 (originally more dissonant and trance-y), when the Occupy Wall street protests were going on,” Chan Marshall said of her decision to cover ‘Pa Pa Power’ in a press release. “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.’”
Covers is due out on January 14 via Domino. In addition to the new single, Marshall has also announced a 32-date North American tour for 2022 – check out her full itinerary below.
Cat Power 2022 Tour Dates:
Jan 16 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
Jan 18 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club
Jan 19 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Steel
Jan 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of Living Arts
Jan 22 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
Jan 24 – Atlanta, GA – Eastern
Jan 25 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl
Jan 27 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Jan 28 – Dallas, TX – Granada Theatre
Jan 29 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Jan 31 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
Feb 2 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Feb 4 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
Feb 5 – Eugene, OR – McDonald Theatre
Feb 6 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall
Feb 7 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
Feb 9 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
Feb 10 – San Francisco, CA – Castro Theatre
Feb 11 – Los Angeles, CA – The Orpheum Theatre
Apr 29 – Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall
Apr 21 – Detroit, MI -St. Andrews
Apr 22 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall Ballroom
Apr 23 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
Apr 25 – St. Louis, MO – Red Flag
Apr 26 – Indianapolis, IN – The Vogue
Apr 27- Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
Apr 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
Apr 30 – Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall
May 1 – Port Chester, NY – The Capitol Theatre
May 3 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
May 5 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater
May 6 – Charlotte, NC – Neighborhood Theatre
May 28 – Lausanne – Les Docks
Ma 29 – Paris – Salle Pleyel
May 31 – Clermont Ferrand – La Cooperative De Mai
Jun 1 – Luxembourg – L’Atelier
Jun 3 – Berlin – Tempodrom
Jun 6 – Cenon – Le Rocher De Palmer
Jun 7 – Nantes – Stereolux
Jun 8 – Rennes – Le Mem
Jun 12 – Utrecht – Tivoli Vredenburg
Jun 13 – Hamburg – Kampnagel
Jun 15 – La Rochelle – La Sirene
Jun 16 – Rouen – Le 106
Jun 20 – Rome – Auditorium Parco Della Musica
Jn 21 – Sesto Al Reghena – Sexto ‘Nplugged
Jun 22 – Zurich – Kaufleuten
