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10.0
129922
10.0 |
DIY
Change, escape and identity are not easy things to navigate, and ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ is the dark, unsettling, sprawling beauty that comes out of it
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10.0
129981
10.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Every moment serves to enhance the conveying of the record’s story, and refuses to shy away from the unconventional, intense, or drawn out. I wish Preacher’s Daughter and its story didn’t have to exist, but I’m eternally grateful that it does
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9.0
130023
9.0 |
Clash
A heart-wrenching collection of songs that urges the listener to give themselves over to this album as much as Ethel Cain gives herself over to you
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9.0
129923
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
There's a substance and cohesion across Preacher's Daughter that's lacking on most debuts – and yet there's clearly so much more to come from this incredible artist and the rich world she's created
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9.0
129924
9.0 |
Crack
This is an album that pairs cock-rock riffs and 80s snares with thundering sludge and drone instrumentals. One moment Anhedönia is belting out radio-friendly pop lyrics about crying under the bleachers, like a young Taylor Swift
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9.0
129925
9.0 |
Paste Magazine
The artist’s debut LP interweaves powerful genre influences and haunting narratives, beginning to chart the Ethel Cain lore
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9.0
130074
9.0 |
Gigwise
An American epic
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8.8
129937
8.8 |
Northern Transmissions
Cain’s grasp on her production and unwavering knowledge of who she is an artist says that more stories are bound to come
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8.0
130036
8.0 |
Beats Per Minute
With more questions raised than answered, Cain’s unusually ambitious and fully-realised debut somehow leaves listeners craving more in spite of its wonderful, exhausting, 75 minute runtime
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6.4
130006
6.4 |
Pitchfork
On her debut album, the 24-year-old Tallahassee native briefly makes good on her instinct for mass-appeal pop anthems, but most of the 90-minute album dwells on roiling gloom and smoldering Americana
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6.0
129960
6.0 |
The Guardian
The introspective singer explores identity and religion amid a backdrop of seedy Americana on this rich, haunting debut
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6.0
130075
6.0 |
The Irish Times
Bedroom pop with its eye on bigger settings
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