Ethel Cain’s sophomore album, ‘Perverts’ is a hauntingly beautiful piece of work. This album serves as a darker, more personal follow up to her 2022 release, ‘Preacher’s Daughter.’ Cain’s sound has shifted heavily into drone and ambient music, which she describes as a “meditative, deeply euphoric and indulgent” process. Across the tracks, Ethel Cain divulges feelings about human sexuality, spirituality, and shame over deep, textural drones and creeping piano. The album is slow, pensive, and palpably made with such delicate care and interest. Her passion for music, especially drone, shines through in this album, especially through her detailed explanations of this album’s production and her eagerness to explain her music-making process, often via the musician’s tumblr page. When asked (via tumblr) about the seemingly sudden genre shift, “is it true you’re trying to push away from the more main stream sound to draw in a closer and intimate audience?” she simply replied, “no, i just really like drone music and wanted to make some.” Authentic, genuine passion is needed in music now more than ever, and what an incredible artist Ethel Cain is for bringing us just that.