...CHANMARSHALLISESS...Sun is the first album of original material from Cat Power in over six years. Chan Marshall performed and produced Sun herself in various locations including a studio she built in Malibu
Marshall explained that following the release of 2008′s Jukebox, she became involved in a serious long-term relationship, which ended just as the new album was being completed. “You know that thing we’re all raised to want: a beautiful life with children — that family thing that is tangible? [pauses] Before, I tended to just survive, survive, survive. Gaining a lot of… not knowledge, not life experience… but I had this opportunity of travelling around the world, meeting all these people and having these experiences that have shaped who I am now.”
She continued, “I was trying to grow my personal life in a way that I never did before. So now that relationship is over and it’s come full circle … There’s a great loss personally in my life right now, but there’s also a gift in that I’m lucky I finished this album.”
Marshall also discussed why she chose to play all the instruments on the album herself. “You have a huge responsibility with the things you’re trying to create to do your best. There’s pressure – not from critics or anything like that, but to do something that means something in your heart. And you wanna do it the way you wanna do it.”
