Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter (debut album) + American Teenager

[Jark]

do we have any fans?

she's a 24 year old who got quite a considerable amount of acclaim for her debut album Preacher's Daughter on year-end lists in '22. she grew up in a Southern Baptist family, came out as gay at 12 and trans at 20, and has a voice and ear for melody as unusual as her story.



I heard American Teenager a couple of weeks back and thought it was pretty instantly great. I want to try more with the album but a lot of the songs are like 7 minutes long which feels... punishing. A House in Nebraska is absolutely stunning though.

her biggest song pre-debut album era:

 

[RJN]

American Teenager is one of my favorite songs of last year, but I haven't listened to the album

 

[RJN]

THANK GOD my parents aren't evangelical Christians. They are such a detriment to the US

 

[octophone]

I've been looking for this but it appears to be streaming only for some reason. She has a Bandcamp page but this isn't on it.

 

[jivafox]

It’s a great album. Thoroughfare is a stunner

And you said "Hey, do you wanna see the west with me?
Cause love's out there and I can’t leave it be"
And I said "Honey, love's never meant much to me
But I'll come with you if you're sure it's what you need"

 

[untilted]

I’m absolutely obsessed with Sun Bleached Flies at the minute. She’s fantastic.

 

[straightorbroken]

I love Crush. I thought I read that the pop star she presents as is trans, but that she is not? She's fab and I discovered her via an antique shopping youtube clip.

 

[octophone]

I thought I read that the pop star she presents as is trans, but that she is not?

No, that's not right.

 

[untilted]

This has had me in a chokehold for weeks now. One of my favourite albums of the decade, period.

The storytelling, the visceral emotion, the INTENSITY. It really is a rare 5 stars.