Cat Power has announced a new album of cover songs. Covers is out January 14 via Domino. She’s shared her version of Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange single “Bad Religion,” plus a cover of the Pogues’ “A Pair of Brown Eyes” from the record. Chan Marshall also performed “Bad Religion” last night on The Late Late Show With James Corden. Listen to both songs and watch her performance below.
The album features covers of songs by Iggy Pop, Bob Seger, Dead Man’s Bones (Ryan Gosling’s band), Jackson Browne, the Replacements, Nick Cave, Billie Holiday, and more. Find the tracklist and artwork below.
Her cover of “Bad Religion” took shape when she started performing her song “In Your Face” from 2018’s Wanderer on tour, according to a press release. “That song was bringing me down,” Marshall said. “So I started pulling out lyrics from ‘Bad Religion’ and singing those instead of getting super depressed. Performing covers is a very enjoyable way to do something that feels natural to me when it comes to making music.”
In the years since Wanderer, Marshall has worked on music for the Echo in the Canyon documentary and the Sean Penn feature Flag Day. She also covered Cassius’ “Toop Toop” last year in tribute to the late Philippe Zdar. Marshall said in a statement that her cover of Billie Holiday’s “I’ll Be Seeing You” is a tribute to Zdar.
Covers:
01 Bad Religion – Frank Ocean
02 Unhate – Cat Power – Chan Marshall
03 Pa Pa Power – Dead Man’s Bones
04 A Pair of Brown Eyes – The Pogues
05 Against the Wind – Bob Seger
06 Endless Sea – Iggy Pop
07 These Days – Jackson Browne
08 It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – Kitty Wells
09 I Had a Dream Joe – Nick Cave
10 Here Comes a Regular – The Replacements
11 I’ll Be Seeing You – Billie Holiday
https://pitchfork.com/news/cat-power-announces-new-covers-album-plays-frank-oceans-bad-religion-on-corden-watch
