Wanderer is the tenth studio album by American musician Cat Power, released worldwide by Domino on October 5, 2018.
Following this incident, Marshall hired Andy Slater, her first manager, who confirmed that Matador told him Wanderer was "not good enough, not strong enough to put out."
[2] Wanderer was produced entirely by Marshall herself and was written and recorded in Miami's the Pink House and 10K Islands and Los Angeles' Mant Studio over the past few years.
[11] In his review for Rolling Stone, critic Will Hermes wrote, "Cat Power, lays full claim to the title of her tenth album, Wanderer with the authority of a blueswoman who's seen some shit, alternately conjuring trances and slapping you out of them, projecting clear-eyed, uncompromising strength on one of the most fragile-sounding sets she's ever made.
"[20] Katie Moulton from Consequence of Sound opined that "Wanderer is neither as harrowing as Moon Pix nor as kaleidoscopic as Sun, but it shows a mature artist who rides the waves of tumultuous experience—no less excellent for containing her multitudes.
"[1] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian said, "These are complex songs, striking but low-key: their constant references to motion and travel seem to have as much to do with Marshall's determination to go her own way artistically – whatever expectations others have of her – as they do with the peripatetic life of a touring musician.
"[16] AllMusic writer Heather Phares wrote, "As tender as it is uncompromising, Wanderer is exactly the album Marshall needed to make at this point in her career and life.
"[13] The Independent's Elisa Bray said, "Understated, beautifully crafted and always emotionally involving, Wanderer shows an artist who has found strength in her convictions, and a new pace of life.
"[17] Hal Horowitz of American Songwriter called the album "an intimate, multifaceted reflection of her always complex, frequently indistinct character.
It speaks softly from the echoes of the best Cat Power moments, which means it doesn't ice-pick you in the center of your most treasured insecurities the way some of her most celebrated music has.
"[18] The Telegraph's Neil McCormick wrote, "Wanderer is an album of peculiar little songs that you won't hear in anyone else's catalogue.