''Inbred'' is the third

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by American singer-songwriter Hayden Silas Anhedönia under the

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Ethel Cain Hayden Silas Anhedönia (born March 24, 1998), known professionally as Ethel Cain, is an American singer-songwriter born in Tallahassee, Florida and living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In mid 2017, Cain began experimenting with writing, recordi ...

. It was released on April 23, 2021, through her own Daughters of Cain

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Background and release

Since 2017, the singer began releasing demos of songs with diferents monikers, such as White Silas, a name under which she released five

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s (EPs) on streaming plataforms: ''Colossus'' (2017), ''Arcane Vessels'' (2018), ''Sad Music for Sad People'' (2018), ''Nightmares'' (2018) and ''Mourning After'' (2019), the latter two being in collaboration with musician Little Triste. In 2019, she released her first two extended plays under the

Ethel Cain: ''Carpet Bed'' and ''Golden Age'', in September and December respectively. Following that releases, Cain began collaborating with

Lil Aaron Aaron Jennings Puckett, better known by his stage name Lil Aaron (stylized as lil aaron), is an American rapper, singer and songwriter from Goshen, Indiana. Merging elements of pop punk and emo with hip hop and pop, he has released five solo EP ...

and signed with

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. In February 2021, Cain released her first single under the new publishing contract, titled "

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" featuring Lil Aaron. The song was premiered in ''

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'' and featured on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and

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. The second single from the EP, titled " Crush", was released on March 18. A

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for the song was published in August.

Reception

Arielle Gordon, writing for ''

'', gave this release a 7.6 out of 10, for adding "nuance and depth to both her sound and her character"; this album builds upon the mythology of the Ethel Cain pseudonym as well as adds new sounds to her musical repertorie.

Track listing

All songs written by Ethel Cain (credited as Hayden Silas Anhedönia), except where noted # "

" (Anhedönia and

) – 4:34 # " Crush" – 3:27 # "God's Country" (Anhedönia and

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) – 8:17 # "Unpunishable" – 4:24 # "Inbred" – 4:50 # "Two-Headed Mother" – 6:14 Bonus tracks on CD release #

"Crying During Sex" – 5:28 # "Earnhardt" – 4:24 # "Age of Delilah" (Demo) – 4:15 # "Michelle Pfeiffer" (Solo Version) (Anhedönia and

) – 4:35

Personnel

– vocals *

–

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on "Michelle Pfeiffer" *

Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Adam McIlwee (born March 11, 1989), often known by the stage name Wicca Phase Springs Eternal (WPSE), is an American musician from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Beginning his career as a member of the rock band Tigers Jaw, he soon began pursuing a solo ...

– vocals on "God's Country"

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2021 EPs Ethel Cain albums Concept albums Slowcore EPs