Ethel Cain's Gorgeous and Desolate Movie: "Preacher's Daughter" review
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- Опубліковано 24 тра 2022
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the beginning felt like a huge middle finger to the pitchfork review and i heavily support it!!
Pitchfork's review is a heavy insult to Ethel Cain
pitchfork is a disgrace and theyve proven that many times
The Pitchfork review was.....bizarre.
I'm not gonna hate on Pitchfork....they often get it right, and I've discovered a ton of great music thru them.
BUT....when they do get it wrong, it's always kinda baffling.
Oh well.....a review is just one random person's opinion. That opinion only matters if they have something interesting to add to the overall critique and assesment of the work. Which is why I like THIS channel so much...
I've never been _that_ into lyrics....
I've always been way more into the sheer music and atmosphere and timbre of the songs/artists I love.
But......Ethel's music has really turned me on to the notion of lyrics being hyper important. Her lyrics are gorgeous and fascinating to me. Total poetry....even without the music, just reading them....is a fulfilling experience.
many of us think American teenager is the lowest point of the album, just because it's a more catchy and pop song. It's probably made to obtain some radio broadcast in some way, because no one will broadcast 8 minutes songs on the radio. But still, if you listen to the lyrics, it makes perfectly sense in the story, it's not just an attempt to go mainstream.
Lowest point of the album is highly offensive lmao. That song is great and serves as a great first track before the descent into madness.
@@SpiritHunterDSG it's not offensive. It's a great song but many other songs in the album are better. PD is a masterpiece. I'm serious. I'm 55, I've been listening to music for more than four decades and I'm not just an enthusiast teenager. Ethel/Hyden is gonna make the history of music. Believe me.
its not made for radio purposes, giving that the song wasnt even the main single, hayden just wanted to make a poppier song !!!
Finding out Profs skye’s dad being the inventor of christian rock is exactly why i watch these videos
As well as Lana, and a smidge to Taylor, this album gives me major Chelsea Wolfe, Emma Ruth Rundle and King Woman (Kristina Esfandiari) vibes.
id say she draws more inspiration from nicole dollanganger than lana and taylor. the others i agree with
I thought of Lingua Ignota, but thats probably just the religious theme
@@SanFranFan30 I can sort of see where you're coming from... The religious aspect, the confronting of abuse, and also weaving in a heavy Americana (albeit different sounds) to realise their vision, means they share key touchstones. Maybe on record they're still very different, but I could see them on the same bill as one another and it being very complimentary!
Thoroughfare sounds like a song from RED or Speak Now too
I also heard a bit of Florence, Imogen Heap, a bit of Anya and even Dido? It's a unique blend
I LOVED her EP "Inbred" so much....
So I was kinda nervous when Preacher's Daughter came out. I wanted it to be great....and was so worried it wouldn't be.
So imagine how _thrilled_ I was when midway through the album I realized....wait! There's not been ONE bad song so far!?
Honestly, it totally matched and exceeded my expectations and hopes. She nailed it. Cannot wait for more music....
Brilliant and brutal album.
This is the most apt description I have seen.
FTR - She herself said "Televangelism" is her favourite song on the album.
What a great interview!
What an amazingly insightful beautiful soul!
I really enjoyed hearing the voice behind the voice of Ethel Cain, who I only recently found tripping through Spotify!
I’m in my 50’s and love discovering new 🎶 music!
I’ll never say “they stopped making good music in the _____ pick an era any era!”
There’s always new music to be discovered, always! But Ethel Cain is a true gem, and I so look forward to exploring more of her work🎈
Thanking you for sharing your gift with the world!!!
How (pleasantly) surprised I was when I found out that this almost pop-oriented artist had written an entire song in reference to August Underground is indescribable.
Honestly, great film. It got me started in all the pseudo-snuff & found-footage genre. If someone is looking for recommendations (which I doubt), here are some: The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007), Atroz (2015), The Butcher (2007), Long Pigs (2007).
There's also a very interesting mockumentary called "S&Man" starring Fred Vogel (director of August Underground). As stated by a letterboxd reviewer: "It’s a faux documentary horror film that is part actual documentary on the underground horror world and then part like...found footage horror?"
PS, great review as always, Skye.
Great review! I’m glad you decided to talk about this LP.
You perfectly described my own personal gripe with this album with having to pay attention the entire time. I find with Inbred and her other music that I can just put it on and vibe and it doesn’t demand my full focus.
I agree that American Teenager is definitely the most out of place song on this album and part of me wishes she had left it as a stand alone single but I also kind of like the whiplash it gives to the overall tone of the album.
Wild that you and your ex-wife were both children of ministers/preachers! I grew up in the same sort of atmosphere as the both of you as well as Ethel, although up north rather than in the Bible Belt so her music and image feels very personal to me. I almost feel like I know her because I do in fact know girls just like her. Not everyone understands the full weight of what Ethel is about in my opinion so your review was very refreshing!
Another day...another great video from this man❤
tbh i don't really get the comparison to taylor swift. lana makes more sense, but i don't think either are perfect comparisons to make. i think nicole dollanganger, chelsea wolfe, & florence + the machine would all make far better comparisons in terms of getting people to understand what she's all about. ethel has even listed nicole as one of her main inspirations & has covered two of her songs (tammy faye & poacher's pride iirc.)
(also check out those both nicole dollanganger & chelsea wolfe, both of them need way more attention than they get.)
She produced herself in collaboration with a co-producer, Matthew Tomasi, who's also credited as co-author of a couple of song.
August Underground is NOT a snuff film. There is nothing real about it and the creator has always been very clear and upfront that it’s 100% fake. It’s just an extreme, completely scripted and fake movie
a snuffploitation film, if you will
this was a fantastic review! so glad to see ethel getting the shine she deserves. Prof Skye, you should consider reviewing "Wildlife" by La Dispute. it's another example of a perfect concept album, imho.
Love Wildlife, such a worthwhile listen!!!
Loving the album, and loved your words on it.
I had to sub after hearing the references from The Cranberries and Blind Melon to a version of art for Dante’s Inferno I’d never seen before to Faces Of Death (a series of films my best friend in high school would rent everytime we went to the video store-He wasn’t repeat watching them, he was working through them.)
Just hitting so many bells for me 😂
Professor - will you be discussing/reviewing the brand new music debuted this week by Black Country New Road? Their performances from May 19 and May 20 (last week) are both on UA-cam and all of the music from those shows are new songs.
Funny thing, I decided to watch this review after deciding that American Teenager is one of my favorite songs this year. Great review anyways, I suspected there was a narrative to it but my ideas were much more simplistic than what I found out by watching this.
Hayden Anhedönia. Anhedonia is the inability to feel pleasure.
Prof -- I'd like to see you review Stuck's full-length Change Is Bad.
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I just looked through your videos and noticed you have not reviewed a Lil Baby project. "My turn" or "Voice of the heroes" It would be really great if you did, I think he's going to release a project within the year so look out for that
wow such a great and amazing music review! would you mind doing one for Brian Wilson's album Smile? It would be even greater i think
Great review, the album really does feels like a movie
I'll share that while you did not have a successful encounter with this album in a car ride, I had a phenomenal one with it. This came out in the summer and I had listened to it not very successfully until I was moving from one midwest state to another at night with all my belongings in my car, it felt right. It was specifically Thoroughfare, just beautiful at night with the wind outside and the only light on the highway my own.
I heard the Blind melon reference. I thought the exact same thing. The BM song Time feel at the end of Thorofare
Skye please review the new Everything Everything album! Highly recommend it and the band's modern classic "Get To Heaven"
AOTY hands down.
Just found your channel - can you make a video explaining what makes good production versus bad production? thanks!
Thanks for your review, that is what a review should be: explanation and information, not arbitrary criticism. I agree on everything you said.
The artist that came to mind after my 5th or 6th listen was actually Lingua Ignota.
Ptolemaea is so Lingua Ignota lyrically and sonically
i like the "low point" song especially because its a pop song with this deep, dark lyrics. and hey, it makes so much sense at this moment of a concept album. it is Ethels life as a american teenager before everything changes. it is not heavy and tragicly but also not happy. but best and most emotional song is "strangers".
"You're in Ethel Country" ❤
YESS LETS GOOOO
love it! please do sky ferreira!
my brother did a song with her a while back. it's really good. (i'm not biased or anything...)
that’s so nice, wich one?
@@ladylordeve Something keeps happening to my reply. I guess UA-cam is removing it because it is self-promotional? I don't know what's going on.
@@ladylordeve i linked it on my about page
Best album of 2022!
Weird, Spotify JUST recommended me this album...
i like your blue sweatshirt!
Ptolemea I really feel like the last lines were spoken by the proverbial devil. 🤷♀️
definitely a W LP
Mix of Steinbeck and Faulkner at a very early stage.
i like your blue sweatshirt
I couldn’t make it through the brutality of this album very easily. There are only a few of the songs that will make a playlist for me… I just can’t live into these scene-scapes… too triggering.
the way i gasped when he said American Teenager was the low point of the album lol
I mean it's the most basic pop song on the album.
@@SanFranFan30 it’s the only pop song on the album and there is nothing basic about it.
I never gasp.
I know. American Teenager is a perfect Pop song, and it shows that Ethel could rival the top pop artists today.
Right? The rest is pretty brutal, it was a relief to me. A chance to breathe
Amazing stripped down performances of the highlights from the album: ua-cam.com/video/9sAEcR5FgYo/v-deo.html
I agree that American Teenager is the low point. Great review!