Ethel Cain

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• Album Review: Ethel Cain – Perverts | ACRN.com | Jan. 28, 2025, 4:34 p.m.
By Jessica Thrasher, Contributor [Daughters of Cain Records; 2025] Rating: 6/10 Key Tracks: “Vacillator,” “Pulldrone,” “Amber Waves” I would like to start by saying that this project bears little r…

• Perverts by Ethel Cain | Album Review | Medium | Jan. 29, 2025, 10:43 p.m.
The latest studio recording from the trans indie star explores the darkest annals of humanity over uncompromising instrumentals.

• Review: Ethel Cain — Perverts | SLUG Magazine | Jan. 27, 2025, 6:50 p.m.
In spite of its massive runtime, this is an album with no fat to trim — it’s not some bloated prog epic or exercise in time wasting.

• Ethel Cain's Perverts EP is a Horrifying realm of hopelessness | Campus Times | Jan. 27, 2025, 2:40 p.m.
It’s incredibly unsettling and atmospheric, and while that may not sound appealing, I do think there’s a lot of beauty amid the keening drones and occult murmurings.

• 10. Perverts - Ethel Cain | substack.com
Ethel Cain's Perverts and the personal grapple with creativity in an age of tech supremacy and anti-intellectualism

• Ethel Cain Shares New 55-Minute Piece On NTS, 'Perverts' Demos On SoundCloud | Stereogum | Jan. 25, 2025, 3:28 p.m.
2025 is shaping up to be the year of Ethel Cain. The alt-pop recluse dropped Perverts earlier this month, a terrific piece of music that’s labeled as an EP despite its 90-minute length. She made her TV debut when Fox News complained about her Instagram post calling for the killing of more CEOs following Luigi Mangione’s alleged assassination of Brian Thompson, and she doubled down in response. Now, she’s already back with a 55-minute piece on NTS.

• Ethel Cain releases new album "Perverts" | Technique | Jan. 24, 2025, 4:17 p.m.
Although Ethel Cain’s newest release may appear to be an unexpected pivot from her previous albums, “Perverts” still captures Cain’s raw, unwavering reverence. Through the...

• Review: Ethel Cain’s ‘Perverts’ channels pain, shame and ambiance - The Baylor Lariat | baylorlariat.com | Jan. 22, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
Much like the rest of Cain’s discography, “Perverts” isn’t exactly a casual listen. It’s not meant to be consumed while doing the dishes, walking on the treadmill or going grocery shopping. It’s one of those albums you listen to in a dark room, in silence, maybe curled up in bed. It demands undivided attention, solemnity respect.

• Ethel Cain’s “Perverts” succeeds in its intention, but drones on needlessly - Student Life | Student Life - The independent newspaper of Washington University in St. Louis | Jan. 23, 2025, 3:13 a.m.
On her new EP, “Perverts,” artist Ethel Cain leaves behind the cannibalized character from her debut album and ventures into themes of eroticism and pleasure with a new, darker sound.

• Ethel Cain paints sinister, chaotic universe in ‘Perverts’ | The Brown Daily Herald
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• “Perverts”: Breaking Down the Mystique, Theology and Meaning behind Ethel Cain | thehoya.com
“Ethel Cain” is the stage name of Florida native Hayden Anhedönia, who drew critical acclaim and the internet’s attention following her 2022 debut LP “Preacher’s Daughter.” Her artistry is largely lore-driven: “Preacher’s Daughter” follows the character Ethel Cain as she runs away from home and meets a man who promises to show her the West,...

• ”Perverts” is a unique take on music | The Echo
Ethel Cain released her fourth album, “Perverts,” on Jan. 8. Cain started making music in 2017, and over her eight-year career, she has earned many loyal fans while gaining 2.7 million monthly listeners on Spotify. The album consists of nine songs with a runtime of one hour and 29 minutes. Most songs are just under...

• Ethel Cain premieres new ambient sound in latest album | The Observer
This past Wednesday, Jan. 8, singer/songwriter Ethel Cain released her fourth studio album, “Perverts.” The newest album from Cain quickly became an online sensation, with much contention as to how it compared to the singer’s previous studio albums. The main reason for this debate emerges from the ambient, droning sounds that accompany most of “Perverts.”...

• An Album Review of Ethel Cain’s ‘Perverts’ | KSDT | Jan. 20, 2025, 11:49 p.m.
On January 9, 2025, Christmas came early for the cool kids; I am not talking about Letterboxd Wrapped, but the release of Hayden Anhedönia, also known as Ethel Cain’s, album Perverts. Since her ann…

• Review of Perverts by mauve - Musicboard | musicboard.app
Review of Perverts by Ethel Cain. mauve rated the album 4.5 / 5 stars. I’m late with this review because Ethel Cain is not an artist who’s album I want to review after just one listen. As some of you may know, Preacher’s Daughter is still my favorite album of the 2020s so far. And now she’s back 3 years later with an album that is somehow even darker than Previous Daug...

• Ethel Cain – “Perverts” | English | Metal Magazine | metalmagazine.eu
The new work of Ethel Cain charms and haunts in equal measure by questioning the face of parasocial behaviour.

• Ethel Cain - Perverts | The Needle Drop | Jan. 18, 2025, 10:47 p.m.
Ethel Cain tests her mettle in the world of drone and dark ambient on Perverts.

• Creative and dark, Ethel Cain’s ‘Perverts’ descends into the ambient abyss | The Rice Thresher
What might Eve hear when she, in her shame, is ousted from the Garden of Eden? 

• Ethel Cain’s new EP invokes Étienne-Louis Boullée’s sublime by trading storytelling for space making | The Architect’s Newspaper | Jan. 14, 2025, 10:14 p.m.
Perverts, a new album from Ethel Cain, trades storytelling for spacemaking. Layering instrumental loops and often-lyricless vocals over pink noise and found-sound recordings from southwestern Pennsylvania and the eastern Great Lakes, each track on Perverts feels expansive, nearing on the sublime.

• “It’s Happening to Everybody”: Diving Into Ethel Cain’s “Perverts” | Good Faith Media | Jan. 15, 2025, 10:54 a.m.
In a doom-scrolling world where attention spans are practically non-existent and Top 40 hits are two minutes long, Ethel Cain’s “Perverts” is a practice of patience. But it is a worthwhile musical journey if you are open-minded enough to take it.

• Ethel Cain's 'Perverts' Is Extremely Terrifying and Haunting | PopMatters | Jan. 14, 2025, 3:46 p.m.
The experience of Ethel Cain's 'Perverts' is gloomy, powerful, and extremely terrifying. It's practically a masterclass on how to score for a horror film.

• Ethel Cain — Perverts | EUPHORIA. | Jan. 13, 2025, 3 p.m.
Be prepared to be blown away by Ethel Cain's latest 90-minute project Perverts, which follows her 2022 debut album Preacher's Daughter.

• Ethel Cain’s sophomore album 'Perverts' evokes eerie, melancholic imagery | The Daily Orange | Jan. 14, 2025, 4:30 a.m.
Ethel Cain’s sophomore album, “Perverts” is an unconventional art piece that challenges fans with a shift from folk to drone music.

• Album Review: Ethel Cain, 'Perverts' | Our Culture | Jan. 14, 2025, 9:43 p.m.
from the dark ambient pieces to the more conventional songs, Perverts is towering both in its claustrophobia and gravitational pull.

• REVIEW: Ethel Cain's ‘Perverts’ Thrives in Discomfort, Unearthing Humanity's Darkest Corners — The Luna Collective | THE LUNA COLLECTIVE
Explore the latest album release from Ethel Cain, 'Perverts.' Discover the standout tracks, lyrical themes, and production techniques that make this project a must-listen.

• Album Review: Ethel Cain - 'Perverts' | When The Horn Blows
Ethel Cain’s newest musical creation retreats into the corners of a darker family of genres: Slowcore, dark wave and occasional noise rock. In providing us with an exceptional nightmare to begin 2025, she proves herself to be a worthy crypt sister to the likes of Lingua Ignota, Uboa, and Converge.

• Ethel Cain: Perverts | Pitchfork
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• Album Review: Ethel Cain – Perverts | Beats Per Minute
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• Ethel Cain: Perverts review – a gothic follow-up determined to stay underground | The Guardian | Jan. 12, 2025, 1 p.m.
Ambient soundscapes dominate US singer-songwriter Hayden Silas Anhedönia’s resolutely avant garde second album

• Review: Ethel Cain's 'Perverts' is as disorienting as it is impressive | Review: Lizzy McAlpine's third album “Older” breathes with musical maturity true to its name -
Lifestyle writer Marisa Rosa reviews Ethel Cain's latest album.

• Ethel Cain's New Album 'Perverts' Feels Isolating in an Intentional Way (Review) | American Songwriter | Jan. 11, 2025, 1:28 p.m.
Ethel Cain's new album 'Perverts' puts up barriers and may isolate some fans, but that may have been on purpose.

• Ethel Cain makes an early bid for feel-bad album of the year with Perverts | The A.V. Club
Ethel Cain makes an early bid for feel-bad album of the year with Perverts

• Album Review | ‘Perverts’ by Ethel Cain | Medium | Jan. 11, 2025, 1:02 p.m.
Cain’s sophomore release explores the depths of depravity through extended darkwave and oppressive soundscapes.

• First Reactions To…Ethel Cain’s ‘Perverts’ : | Kendall Lacey's Webworld | Jan. 11, 2025, 9:10 a.m.
Holy shit, what the fuck is this? It has been a long time since that has been my first reaction to an album and Perverts is very much An Album in the old school sense, You’re unlikely to pick a tra…

• Ethel Cain's New Album 'Perverts' is Cinematic, Skin Crawling Excellence | Beat
'it's happening to everybody'

• Ethel Cain: Perverts | Spectrum Culture | Jan. 10, 2025, 6:06 a.m.
If Preacher’s Daughter was the sound of someone barely holding things together, then Perverts is the sound of that same person letting things fall apart completely.

• Ethel Cain Says '#KillMoreCEOs': 'Make Them Fear' | Rolling Stone Australia | Jan. 11, 2025, 3:40 a.m.
Ethel Cain shared the hashtag '#KillMoreCEOs,' and backed up her post by saying we should 'make them fear for their lives' to cause change.

• Song of the Week: Ethel Cain Rewards the Patient with the Hauntingly Beautiful "Vacillator" | Consequence | Jan. 10, 2025, 10:45 p.m.
Ethel Cain's hauntingly beautiful "Vacillator," from her challenging and bold new album Perverts, is our song of the week.

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