Ethel Cain’s 2022 debut Preacher ... young girl trying to escape abuse, it is as hard-hitting as it is dense in mood and atmospheric. ‘Hard Times’ is one of its most beautiful tracks.

I never resonated with their feelings of terror, but after hearing “Ptolemaea” by Ethel ... Cain. Cain and the male counterpart’s voice continue to converse back and forth until around four minutes ...

In 2022, Ethel Cain released ... understanding of Cain’s fictional murderer Isaiah Abram to enjoy the violently buzzing “August Underground.” Or the painful “Hard Times.” ...

Ethel Cain, a Pittsburgh-native ... the audience experienced the highs and lows of Cain’s life, with some songs ending with climactic guitar and intense blues-y vocalizations. Noises of nature ...

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artist Ethel Cain broadly proclaimed that “we are in an irony epidemic” — meaning there’s a “lack of sincerity in the world these days.” It’s not hard to find examples of what she means.