You Are Free is the first album in four years from one of the premier female singer-songwriters of our generation, Chan Marshall. Better known by her stage name CAT POWER, Chan's richly complex vocal stylings and minor-key poetics have made her an independent superstar by stealth. Having slowly built up an intense cult following through six years of touring, Cat Power has steadily sold albums to tens of thousands of diehard fans. With the gorgeous, epic You Are Free, she takes a step into the big leagues. The album, printed on recycled paper and recorded with renewable resources, explores the natural world of relationships and fame, from the anguished, layered "Speak to Me" to the searching irony of "He War". By turns catchy, intense and beguiling, You Are Free will be one of the most anticipated albums of 2003.