Earlier this 12 months, Ethel Cain introduced the album Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You and stated that it might arrive in August. She’s now confirmed that her Preacher’s Daughter follow-up is out on Friday, August 8. The lead single, “Nettles,” is out now. Hearken to it beneath.
Ethel Cain wrote, produced, and blended “Nettles.” She additionally performed banjo, synthesizers, electrical, acoustic, and bass guitars, and piano, sang vocals, and dealt with a great deal of the engineering. She’s joined on the observe by banjo participant and acoustic guitarist Dillon Hodges, drummer Bryan De Leon, electrical guitarist Matthew Tomasi, fiddler Donny Carpenter, organist Steven Colyer, and pedal metal participant Todd Beene.
In a statement about “Nettles” shared on social media, Cain wrote: “this was the very first track i ever wrote within the alabama home the place i lastly completed preacher’s daughter. i didn’t even understand what story i used to be writing but however i believe subconsciously, as a result of i knew how preacher’s daughter was going to finish, i wished to return in time to a second of sweetness. i hope you benefit from the greenery, i like this track with all my coronary heart ♡ (and all 10 variations of it throughout the previous 4 years).”
Learn Pitchfork’s assessment of Perverts, the experimental mission that Ethel Cain launched between her two studio albums.
