Preacher’s Daughter

2022, May 12

Apple Spotify Singer-Songwriter Dream Pop Slowcore 98 Highly Rated Daughters of Cain Indieheads 162 Pitchfork 6.4/10 The Needle Drop 6/10 The Line of Best Fit 9/10 Paste 9.0/10 DIY 5/5 Gigwise 9/10 Clash 9/10 Northern Transmissions 8.8/10 The Guardian 3/5 Beats Per Minute 80% Sputnikmusic 5.0/5

Pitchfork 6.4/10 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 76-minute album dwells on roiling gloom and smoldering Americana.

The Line of Best Fit 9/10 There's a substance and cohesion across Ethel Cain's 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.

DIY 5/5 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.

Clash 9/10 Music Review: Ethel Cain - Preacher's Daughter

The Guardian 3/5 The introspective singer explores identity and religion amid a backdrop of seedy Americana on this rich, haunting debut