Golden Age
Golden Age
The first substantial Ethel Cain record, six tracks of hymnal bedroom pop from the end of 2019.
- Sunday Morning4:39
A hymn of hurt and escape in two halves, dresses bought for him and violence asked for out loud. By the end nothing hurts anymore, not even him.
Read lyrics and notes - Casings4:36
A litany of questions asked into an absence, every one circling the same fear, that his going has a reason and the reason is her.
Read lyrics and notes - Lilies5:04
A duet with Mercy Necromancy about loving something untouchable, wedding doves and leather gloves, and a room that blooms when the beloved walks in.
Read lyrics and notes - Head in the Wall6:41
Rage and doubt in the same breath, a girl ground down by a man and a town until the only exit she can picture is the one nobody survives.
Read lyrics and notes - Knuckle Velvet3:22
I love you delivered like a blow. The love finally runs out, counted in blood she never gets back, spent to save someone who tore her apart.
Read lyrics and notes - Golden Age6:04
Beauty and getting what she wanted changed nothing. She waits for an age when love might be simple and vows to paint the years gold herself, coming along the whole way.
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About the record
Golden Age is the project’s first larger statement, a six track EP from December 2019. Recorded and released in the bedroom era, it gathers the early singles’ threads, faith, family, small town stasis, into one place, and its title track remains one of the most loved songs of the pre album catalogue.
The EP as first released ran longer. Selby Wall, Child of Cain, and an early demo of Sunday Morning are not on the record as it streams.
Release details
- Released
- 1 December 2019
- Format
- EP
- Runtime
- 6 tracks · 30 minutes
- Credits
- Written and produced by Ethel Cain
- Label
- Homie Shit Magazine
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