Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You

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.

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.

Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You is a yearning-filled feat of musicianship from Ethel Cain.

Ethel Cain closes a chapter with the bleak yet beautiful new album ‘Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You’ – read the NME review

Ethel Cain 'Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You' Review

One of the very best in storytelling and atmosphere.

The American singer-songwriter follows up her 2022 debut ‘Preacher’s Daughter’ with a concept album that’s often mesmerising

‘Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You’ makes a return to the small town Americana intimacy of Ethel Cain's debut, serving as a prequel in which she navigates her first love.

On her latest album, Ethel Cain has once again translated incredibly personal experiences into deeply universal feelings.

Ethel Cain is the most exciting artist on the planet right now. Her own particular brand of gothic americana is filtered through generations of voices,

The songs on Ethel Cain's 'Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You' unfurl like hazy, sepia-tinged memories of endless summer afternoons.

Hayden Anhedönia tucks flashes of pop transcendence into deep folds of ambient pop