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10.0
139821
10.0 |
Evening Standard
If you’re also a freak for dark ambient and drone music, this deeply unsettling long EP is for you
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9.0
139791
9.0 |
Clash
‘Perverts’ is not an easy album to listen to by any definition – but that never takes away from how exceptional it is
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9.0
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9.0 |
Under The Radar
A musical assemblage of integrity and bravery, a new benchmark, and the epitome of a no-skip album
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9.0
139847
9.0 |
Beats Per Minute
The album, at multiple points, features what I can only describe as sudden and violent sonic jump scares, which, through sudden bursts, suddenly transform even familiar environment into a nightmare
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8.0
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8.0 |
Albumism
A project full of push/pull, enveloping warmth and chafing discomfort. It offers an intimate glimpse into Anhedönia’s artistry and process, while at other points keeping the listener at arm’s length through the use of alienating noise and stark negative space
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8.0
139844
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
It's no contemplative home listening affair, more one to play while driving fast or leaping around a room
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8.0
139780
8.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
As ambient as this album might be, though, it’s far from background music. This project isn’t interested in engaging those who aren’t willing to engage with it, and it’s not for everybody. But give Perverts ninety minutes, a nice pair of headphones, and all your attention
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8.0
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8.0 |
Slant Magazine
The singer finds peace and quiet not in literal death, but in the death of love
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8.0
139783
8.0 |
The Skinny
Perverts, Ethel Cain’s foggy, horrifying, southern gothic pantomime, is a cryptic conquest seeking to draw out your deepest fears and desires
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8.0
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NME
The follow-up project to the critically acclaimed ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ is no easy listen, but persisting through its bleak layers brings plenty of rewards
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8.0
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8.0 |
DIY
Another layer in an already haunting catalogue of writings, musings and visuals
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8.0
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8.0 |
Northern Transmissions
Perverts is just as beautiful as it is grotesque
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8.0
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8.0 |
Far Out
Just like her debut, but in a completely different way, this is a project that speaks to a unique artist determined to walk her own path and take it as far as she wishes
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8.0
139819
8.0 |
The Independent
Listening to the alt-pop artist’s latest project feels like being trapped in a serial killer’s underground network of post-industrial tunnels
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8.0
139895
8.0 |
The FT
The indie singer’s horror-inspired follow-up to ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ is eerily gripping
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7.6
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7.6 |
Paste Magazine
The EP ruminates on distorted desires, but it’s also an exploration of drone and noise, a treatise on what it’s like to watch and be watched, and an aural Rorschach test
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7.5
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7.5 |
Spectrum Culture
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
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7.0
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7.0 |
Pitchfork
Darker and slower than ever, the singer-songwriter’s second LP blends claustrophobic ambient textures with chilly, half-obscured songs about powerlessness, guilt, and shame
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7.0
139795
7.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
I cannot in good conscience say that I loved every second of Perverts, but maybe I wasn’t supposed to. After all, love can be quite a dangerous thing
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7.0
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7.0 |
Exclaim
The deeper you dig into Perverts and Ethel Cain's world, the more rewarding the experience
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
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
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Observer
Ambient soundscapes dominate US singer-songwriter Hayden Silas Anhedönia’s resolutely avant garde second album
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6.0
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6.0 |
Kerrang!
Dragging out its bleak moodiness, Perverts requires a lot of perseverance and patience. It’s not an easy listen, in both an emotional and sonic sense
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Guardian
Having struggled with the obsessive fandom drawn to her widescreen pop-Americana, Cain returns with 90 minutes of collapsing songs and confrontational power electronics
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6.0
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6.0 |
Uncut
While this is a deeply experimental record, it is also subtly stunning in parts. Print edtion only
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