Blighted with bankruptcy, depression, heartbreak and intense media scrutiny, Chan “Cat Power” Marshall’s had more to contend with in the past few years than most do in a lifetime. It’s pretty remarkable then, that not only has the smoky-voiced singer-songwriter emerged from her personal issues intact, she’s done it brandishing an album that ranks up there with previous efforts The Greatest or You Are Free. Rebelling against any feelings of powerlessness in her private life, Sun finds Marshall defiantly seizing artistic control, playing every note, self-producing and even exploring hitherto unknown electronic-tinged territory on the stand-out , Iggy Pop-starring sprawl of ‘Nothin But Time’.