Willis Earl Beal & Cat Power Duet on ‘Coming Through’

Willis Earl Beal Cat PowerWillis Earl Beal followed last month’s excellent “Too Dry To Cry” today with one of the more anticipated cuts due for his sophomore LP: “Coming Through,” featuring Cat Power. Once again, Beal sticks to a bare-bones setup here with drums, guitar, and charismatic lead vox being the only support needed for what’s shaping up to be a soulful step forward from his lo-fi debut, Acousmatic Sorcery. This time around, though, Beal strikes an uplifting chord in contrast to the last track’s foreboding gospel-soul plea. As Spin points out, Chan Marshall knows this territory well (e.g. The Greatest, or a number of cuts on her covers records), making today’s collaboration a notably seamless effort. Hear the tune above and pick up the album, Nobody knows., on September 10th via XL.