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10.0
141981
10.0 |
DIY
One of the very best in storytelling and atmosphere
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10.0
141992
10.0 |
NME
Hayden Anhedönia closes the ‘Ethel Cain’ chapter of her artistic journey with a bleak yet beautiful record
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10.0
141996
10.0 |
Far Out
Poignant and powerful from start to finish, it can be no less than full marks for a work this thorough and this impactful
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10.0
142035
10.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
There’s so much pain and sadness that spans Hayden Anhedonia’s story, but there’s also poetry in the way it is written, and beauty in the way it’s all pieced together like one elaborate puzzle
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9.0
141990
9.0 |
The Quietus
Ethel Cain cements her place in the musical landscape as a genuinely exploratory, divergent, creative voice in the mainstream
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9.0
141982
9.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Ethel Cain’s debut was a feat of artistry. This is a feat of musicianship
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9.0
141983
9.0 |
Clash
Ethel Cain is the most important artist in the world right now, and finally she has the album to prove it
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8.6
141994
8.6 |
Beats Per Minute
While Preacher’s Daughter was all about dreams and desire, Willoughby is about the grit that exists outside of the individual perspective
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8.5
142033
8.5 |
Under The Radar
There are very few — if any other — artists creating work this obscenely profound in their mid-20s. And if she writes the score for the next Wim Wenders movie, the world will be a better place
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8.5
142041
8.5 |
Spectrum Culture
Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You returns Cain to the epic storytelling trilogy she began to weave with Preacher’s Daughter, its narrative giving us a glimpse into the life of another tragic woman from the (fictional) Cain family
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8.3
142060
8.3 |
A.V. Club
Willoughby Tucker is gentler than Preacher's Daughter, for which it serves as a prequel, but its hazy instrumentation and gnawing lyrics hit just as hard
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8.3
141993
8.3 |
No Ripcord
Though it’s not as tightly edited as its predecessor, its beauty is found in its wistfulness, its lush and expansive sound design, and its winding structure. It’s full of fresh air and charm; Ethel Cain’s love is clearly in every breath
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8.0
141995
8.0 |
Dork
All in all, and probably unsurprisingly, ‘Willoughby Tucker…’ is a triumph. Hayden is the Crown Princess of alt-pop, and this album underlines exactly why
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8.0
141984
8.0 |
The Independent
The American singer-songwriter follows up her 2022 debut ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ with a concept album that’s often mesmerising
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8.0
141985
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
These songsunfurl like hazy, sepia-tinged memories of endless summer afternoons
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8.0
141986
8.0 |
The Skinny
On her latest album, Ethel Cain has once again translated incredibly personal experiences into deeply universal feelings
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8.0
141987
8.0 |
Uncut
Anhedönia's gifts for storytelling - part Flannery O'Connor, part David Lynch - are compelling enough, but the music is equally stunning, a mix of shoegaze, gothic country and doom metal. Print edition only
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8.0
142103
8.0 |
PopMatters
Ethel Cain has created some of the most gorgeous music released this year so far. Her vocals are unparalleled, as silky and unblemished as white satin ribbon
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8.0
142209
8.0 |
Albumism
While Preacher’s Daughter is dynamic in terms of its exploration of genre — it includes Swiftian arena pop, R&B, Americana, and even doom metal — this album, which takes cues from Anhedönia’s project Perverts from earlier this year, is more droning and hypnotic. It doesn’t suffer, however, from its lack of structural mirroring with Preacher’s Daughter
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8.0
142052
8.0 |
The Irish Times
Hayden Anhedönia tucks flashes of pop transcendence into deep folds of ambient pop
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6.7
141988
6.7 |
Pitchfork
The prequel chapter of Hayden Anhedönia’s Southern gothic epic gravitates toward sludgy slowcore and dusty, sepia-toned folk. It can feel like an endurance exercise, or a test of faith
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6.0
141989
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
The ambitious pop outlier's latest, Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You, is haunting but lacks the dynamism of her best work
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6.0
141991
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
It’s the longest, most hypnotic tracks at the end where the album really takes off into sublimity
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