Cat Power: Sun – review

An unusual blend of anticipation and anxiety precedes any new Cat Power album or performance. Fragility and self-laceration have informed her most powerful music (and agonising gigs), but it will be a relief to most that Sun glows with hard-won contentment. Musically it's closer to the bluesy alt-rock of 2003's You Are Free than the Memphis grooves of 2006's The Greatest , but aided by woozy, expansive production many of these songs shimmer with warmth and light. There's a brittleness here too though; Power ends, not with the blissed-out Nothin But Time but the abrasive, street-smart Peace and Love.