Ethel Cain - Perverts (Official Visualizer)

It's happening to everybody.
Taken from "Perverts", out everywhere now.
Stream/buy: ethelcain.ffm....
All Instruments / Vocals: Hayden Anhedonia
Production: Hayden Anhedonia
Mixing: Hayden Anhedonia
Mastering: Dale Becker
Video shot and edited by Hayden Anhedonia.
Lyrics:
nearer, my god, to thee
nearer to thee
e'en though it be a cross
that raiseth me
still, all my song shall be
nearer, my god, to thee
nearer, my god, to thee
nearer, to thee
~
masturbator
masturbator
masturbator
heaven has forsaken the masturbator
heaven has forsaken the masturbator
no one you know is a good person
fast, reckless driving often leads to slow, sad music
heaven has forsaken the masturbator
it’s happening to everybody

[@skythekid2466]

This is what it feels like to stare out of a window at night when you live out in a wide open area

[@mysw33tmel0dy]

first minute sounds like every nightmare ive had about my childhood, luv it

[@philgood8089]

FFR

[@naurvacane]

I shouldve never picked up my joint before starting this listen

[@chinomorenochinomorenochino]

The pfp is serving

[@lalalalala7779]

@@Pedonickatankbruh this is the 9th comment ur obsesed

[@StarlitSunLight]

Literally me. By the time it kicked in it was too late. It started happening to me

[@josimarr]

fr

[@jenmygem]

Smoked for this

[@olliew6642]

I was cynical at first, but this lady is bringing noise to people that absolutely don't know what to do with it

[@satanoulis_]

OMG YES

[@jonstone9741]

Ummm... am I missing something? I fast-forwarded through the video to see when the song (the music) was going to begin.

[@liedun1306]

@@jonstone9741then you’re not listening

[@yungboy4216]

@@jonstone9741 welcome to ambient music

[@auxy666]

the sound of guilt is so loud... i cant escape it

[@abrahamgalvez2662]

This whole album feels like a fever dream about trauma and religion at is best, the numbness, the blank sound of it that involves almost all of the songs, the unsettling aura and uneasy words to hear, the blurrines of the speach, all of it feels like the aftermath of a sin, the remorse, pain, confusion, regret of doing something forbidden,emptiness, rage. Its amazing how she could capture all of those feelings on this songs its incredible

[@FernandoSanchez-ud5hk]

periodt.. you described it at it's best 👏👏👏👏

[@sunbleachedfliesd]

I am deeply disturbed and probably won’t sleep. This is art.

[@sofiar9086]

its happening to us guys

[@lalalalala7779]

it’s happening to every-body

[@YouSoldMe]

the sleeper agent call

[@DAZZMUSIC7]

I know this project probably doesn’t have anything to do with the preachers daughter story but when I heard the first half “nearer to my god thee” I think of Ethel’s mother sitting in a dark room after the death of Ethel singing this it’s purely nightmare fuel and I fucking love it

[@venus05139]

woah, love this

[@sighkira]

holy shit

[@b19wing_inslowmotion]

Woahhhhh that’s

[@yourethelossofmy_life]

for me the "I love you" in houseofphycoticwomn reminded me of ptolomea. I was absolutely floored and terrified

[@philgood8089]

i'd read she DID want a follow-up album from Ethel's mother's perspective; i don't know if this is it, but i see what you mean.

[@noemiesdreams]

i’m getting no sleep tonight but it’s worth it

[@henchyy]

literally same

[@digitalhallucinations697]

i pulled an all nighter😭

[@sadalpaca1307]

feels like the scariest moments of twin peaks compounded into 12 minutes

[@syrakul2862]

RIP David Lynch

[@sadalpaca1307]

@@syrakul2862 RIP

[@philgood8089]

she & Lynch would've TOTALLY collaborated on something, for sure.

[@Heavensentfawn]

It’s happening to all of us

[@Moxyt0cyn]

a tear fell down my leg.

[@lalalalala7779]

this is so on theme

[@bilethumper1912]

i shitted myself

[@tenagain1678]

This is exactly what being in an MRI machine sounds like. It’s horrifying and amazing.

[@kayleeyates27]

It does sound very metallic and magnetic 😅

[@louismackie8842]

Uhmmm did she just write the song of the summer??

[@Jazy1993]

Perverts summer iktr

[@You_Do_Have_The_Power_33]

Definitely- Heavy Daft Punk “Get Lucky” vibes on this effervescent light hearted jam

[@philgood8089]

TOTALLY. i'm riding around with the top down, "Punish" is BLARING, and i'm just looking for a barbed wire fence to speed through, head peeking above the windshield.

[@lewiswoodhall]

album of the winter fr

[@zzjamie-is-over-partyzz]

when you go down the wrong hallway before the age of ten. thanks for this!

[@strawb3rry.c0ffee]

had to take one headphone out in fear of pissing my pants but i fw it HEAVY

[@b19wing_inslowmotion]

Frrrr

[@Tebbysaurus]

I was listening to this while going to bed at my bfs house, the window was open and the door slammed open and I screamed and woke him up accidentally… it was pretty funny though iwl

[@iloveit4ever]

this song has left me sick. i love you ethel cain.

[@paperclipantenna]

This project dropped in the middle of the night while I was watching Los Angeles burn on television. A surreal experience I won't soon forget. It honestly took me back to 2005 when I got Sigur Ros' Takk in the wake of Katrina. By the time Amber Waves hit and the flames were licking the PCH, I considered that Ethel Cain might be a supernatural being. I mean, the level of prescience here is off the charts. The first significant album of 2025 has arrived, forever defined by the deep sadness of unprecedented devastation and loss, like it or not

[@s_libraaa]

this gives silent hill vibes and im obsessed

[@etherealbliss]

i was literally thinking this like ethel gives silent hill vibes

[@miabakir8532]

Yes that's exactly how it feels !! It's perfect for a foggy day !!

[@plutofaraway9052]

Oddly enough, despite the “far from help” setting these create, there’s something about it that feels strangely safe at the same time

[@yas6520]

it's like there's nowhere else to be but here

[@addy_nannenga]

im in the woods rn huddled under a tree listening to the coyotes hunt me down. the way ethel intended me too🙏

[@jodle2308]

oh wow yeah

[@maddie1312acab]

i feel like somethin gonna pop up on the video and jumpscare me in the best way possible

[@berrrry_]

LOL FR

[@cloudymoonliqht9629]

When the video started shaking for a hot second i froze 😭

[@lukaluukaa]

makes me feel like im watching an analog horror video

[@johnmerritt2674]

YALL IM TOO HIGH FOR THIS HELP

[@aliunplugged91]

ME TOO😅😅😅😅

[@fchbaby]

Ok I'm high rn about 2 listen

[@Thesixnippleeyes]

Im detoxing ..

[@mereisnotonfire]

obsessed with the way we all got high for this (and lived to regret it)

[@melissas.7095]

HAHAHA BRO FR ME TOO IM SCURED

[@hayliet2462]

I was talking to my partner about this song and the beginning and potentially what type of mic you used. They believed it was likely a condenser mic with some distortion, rather than a ribbon mic which is usually what’s used to capture that old sound. We both thought the sound was so haunting and amazing and were wondering how it was attained technically!!

[@hayliet2462]

apologies if the information in this comment doesn’t make sense, I don’t know much about sound but my partner does sound and mixing for a living

[@jodle2308]

Awh it's okay queen

[@vampirebarbie_]

I've been wondering the same thing, I've also seen people use old telephones as mics, so maybe that with distortion added. But hell do I know, I'm no expert either 😅

[@NDMatrix]

Can’t wait to play this for the kiddos .

[@devoraifyStuff-te8jv]

i am feeling so many things

[@carterhahn_07]

love this! gonna save this one for my wedding ❤

[@gothcxnt]

more music to disassociate in the woods to. thank you mother

[@ziggyburgandy7653]

The visual of the power lines is perfect, probably the most beautiful thing we make in America. Sometimes they stretch for miles and miles in areas thick with trees and they are completely solitary

[@infernusrex796]

For those that are new to this sound, are enjoying it...check out: Grouper, Labradford, Midwife, Flying Saucer Attack, Aphex Twin, and Stars Of The Lid.

[@rubiusomega942]

Aphex twin on top!!

[@forgo7]

APHEX TWIN MENTIONED

[@beefcurtains-tx9iv]

dark ambience/drones always make me vibrate, here are other artists that also makes me dread (in a good way): Burial, Tim Hecker, Giles Corey, Have A Nice Life, Coil, clipping. (horrorcore probably counts), Lingua Ignota, Uboa, and Natural Snow Buildings where this album reminds me of: 1. SAVED! by Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter 2. The Divine Punishment by Diamanda Galás 3. Virgins by Tim Hecker all these are dark gospel-like albums, here's to the drones that pleases our ears 🥂

[@wristywrist4890]

Midwife mention is HUGEEE so cool to see someone else into them.

[@JackPeregrine444]

Such a weird mix of names to recommend for drone/dark ambient.

[@glandulaoxidante7743]

Few works of art have reached me in such disturbingly appropriate times as this album has. It is almost scary how every line and piece of sound design perfectly aligns themselves to how I've felt these past months; surpassed all prior expectations I had. Ethel cain you're really the best, girl, you've done it again, raised the bar for us all, composed the most haunting album out there and it is about pulling the padge.

[@charliistars]

the sound that emanates from me at all times

[@handsomesquidward356]

wow

[@gaal-baloghjulia7994]

this is terrifying, i love it

[@dishwasher74783]

I noticed that songs from your soundcloud ambient project are used in this ep. Absolutely beautiful 🩷

[@endlessmirror]

This is drug music. I'm here for it. I love you Hayden.

[@ghostmediaandco]

i cant believe the day has finally come

[@tears3194]

i love christian music ❤

[@beestorm7609]

I am at a loss for words. This was a journey. The end of this song felt like a reality check. Just the way it ended. I had to pause the album. This is a “sit down and listen” album. I have to finish my bedtime routine first, otherwise I’ll wander all over my house, utterly lost in the soundscape. This was worth the wait ⌛️

[@ephemeral_anarchy.]

The feeling of this is so intense. I know the feeling. The guilt, fear, and silence you want fill with songs and prayers you no longer believe in. So sick I’m obsessed

[@jupiter_424]

NAHH YOURE HAVIN A GIGGLE. YALL THIS PLAYS AT THE START OF DUST BOWL ASWELL

[@addy_nannenga]

YIPPEEEE

[@mereisnotonfire]

my jaw dropped when i realized… also i never knew the song was saying nearer my god to thee!

[@jupiter_424]

@ samee omg

[@S3RIK]

listening to this album high as a kite with my lights off was maybe the worst and best choice of my life

[@cherrybombxzx]

intro scared me so bad i farted

[@areyoutiredofsparrowyet]

this is so real

[@MarinaAndTheDevil]

Heaven has forsaken the masherbater : (

[@b19wing_inslowmotion]

The masherbater 😔

[@JJOfficalChannel]

MARINA WHAT U DOIN HERE?

[@Augustblossoms]

An Ethel/NIN collab could change the world

[@Minaariiia]

This sounds like guilt and regret. A deep guilt and regret. Like the knife is twisting slowly to the point you can’t sleep at night

[@luke.hillis7634]

I’m gonna play this album at my Halloween party this year

[@SarahPaigeColeman]

it is here yall

[@jaiqt-c2f]

first track in and my stomach is TWISTING

[@DaughterofCain1927]

Thank you Ethel for this amazing Birthday present. I'm already obsessed with this album. ❤

[@zoranbi100]

life immediately changed

[@luizakkjkkl]

it's like 3am rn how am I suppose to sleep after listening to this

[@jaiqt-c2f]

uhhh you don’t😊

[@mangotea48]

MY LIFE IS COMPLETE

[@kewlkid6287]

“clap if you feel safe” - Wendy Williams

[@jupiter_424]

👏👏

[@Alex50cc]

I am so excited to listen to this whole album, I dont know what to expect but I cant wait to find out. laying down with headphones now 😊

[@televangelist666]

i almost shitted myself playing minecraft while hearing for the first time with my headphones at 1000000000% volume lmao😭

[@galarmould7650]

The comment made me laugh out loud 👍

[@cloudymoonliqht9629]

The faint whistling, this album was made with so much thought and little details hidden, waiting to be discovered

[@RidgeTysver]

I have chills and feel sick to my stomach… I love it! 🖤

[@matthewm_.b3]

ITS HAPPENING TO ME, ITS HAPPENING TO YOU, ITS HAPPENING TO EVERYBODY

[@PROD5VE]

i will work on a song with Ethel Cain one day, i’m speaking it into existence 🙏🏼

[@jodle2308]

okayyy

[@shadowface9059]

This is gonna go crazy at the club

[@Libbidybibbidy]

The whole album is amazing. The whole time I was feeling Blair witch vibes, existential dread, demonic energies, and the void. A journey for sure.

[@drew2789]

I love the monotonous, industrial sounds layered throughout this song. It feels familiar and nostalgic while also creating a strong sense of unease and a trance-like curiosity. Reminds me of Aphex Twin's "Selected Ambient Works: Volume II"

[@blep1114]

somehow this feels like stumbling upon an old, dusty and tattered tape in the attic of an abandoned home. playing it feels like being plunged into someone's erratic, pervert mind, where the sacred and the profane perpetually clashes. I love this.

[@okcompyuter]

you know what... hell yeah

[@bethecowboy3593]

thank u hayden ❤❤❤ your art is a gift to this world and i am lucky to exist at the same time as you

[@OliviaCLTFC]

what a haunting haunting rendition of one of my favorite hymns of all time. no artist is touching ethel cain in terms of a complete package and raw instinct of what connects.

[@Cosmicattt]

What is the hymn?

[@OliviaCLTFC]

@ nearer, my god, to thee. it’s also on theme with the lynchian implications of power lines as an image because nearer, my god, to thee recounts jacob’s dream in the book of genesis of a ladder ascending to heaven, transporting the angels.

[@au8438]

There are definitely other artists on this level... Lingua Ignota, Prurient, Swans, Daughters, Pharmakon to name a few

[@OliviaCLTFC]

@@au8438 all great artists and i would be remiss not to include gsy!be in the list of great dark, ambient artists. she transcends though when you take in the ethel cain persona and it genuinely shaping mainstream pop fans’ tastes. a say sabrina carpenter fan isn’t vibing with merzbow’s musical stuff. but maybe someone who digs ethel cain digs this and dips their toes deeper.

[@au8438]

@ ok in this sense I completely agree. She’s perhaps the closest we have to bridging the gap between pop and experimental

[@st4rg1rl._]

bricked up for ts 🔥🔥

[@koikun]

wow the intro felt terrifyingly cold I like it

[@Alexx16Z]

I just begun to discover you... It creeps me out of how familiar and safe is that... Right now I am experiencing literally the chaos and that's a safe place, thanks!

[@ayanoel-harvey7649]

Surely i can't be the only one who was convinced that this the sound of ufos and this gorgeous album is the last thing i hear before i get abducted... and i aint screaming

[@kaylaj4417]

the fast reckless driving leads to slow sad music lyric is crazy, i feel like i read that on a tumblr post in like 2013 , im pretty sure she even posted it at one point lol unless im crazy ???

[@GNICHO]

Ok and

[@Augustblossoms]

Listening to this in bed last night the minute it hit midnight terrified out of my mind

[@MiraPiggy]

I am loving this so much, and also terrified.

[@techrookiebliz]

This is my first time for an Ethel Cain release! I’m already in awe by the brilliance of this already. My life is changing as we speak. I’ve heard of Ethel before but maybe I wasn’t aligned enough to realize what kind of genius Ethel is. I can already tell the rest of this all in is absolutely FOR ME! This all comes at a moment in my life where things are very heavy yet full of hope and light. Thank you so much Ethel! I cannot wait to have this as one of my favorite albums of 2025 and forward. 🖤 I opened KZbin and it took me by surprise tbh that a whole new album was dropped!! Also I love your FAV GAYPRN vid review on KZbin. A true icon with immense taste. 🥲 #PureArt… P.S This song is about to end and I actually don’t want it to but IM STOKED TO SEE WHAT ELSE THIS ALBUM HAS IN STORE!

[@daanisch]

that white noise cleared out my head ache

[@tonycorleone3420]

Wasn’t able to sleep after this, this is what music was made for Love you Ethel Cain

[@Hunt3rsDr3am]

This is some good Dark Ambient tbh

[@kayleeyates27]

I liken this to a bomb having just gone off. This is nightmare art and I love it. It means a lot to feel seen right now with how loud the world is.

[@HYDROMUSIC592]

EP OF THE YEARRR

[@menma4234]

The feeling I get when I hear this makes me feel so strange and at the same time so good, I definitely love everything Ethel does for us🖤

[@MG-ql8sgsgloryhole]

thank you hayden for this wonderful gift

[@randi2fine]

This is the background song as I’m lost in the woods in the cold trying to find my way out before it gets dark and I finally make it out at the end 😭

[@ShortBusRejectz]

This sounds like I’m on the ground bleeding out while being eatin alive by zombies and they just started chewing on my intestines just how Ethel wanted it ❤

[@carmenklopfenstein9890]

I find this rather calming honestly, like I can finally hear my own landscape

[@ghostiieeseason]

guys im in a liminal space listening to this song i know nothing about ethel cain so maybe erm wish me luck

[@coltennial9513]

Bro I should totally go into a desolate, gray, liminal VR map and listen to this.

[@diogonani]

what a bliss to have such an original human among us

[@everythingcute3642]

Im so excited yall

[@IXALEB]

she honestly woke me up mentally

[@broken-teacup]

perfect song to listen to while playing echoes of wisdom 🤩

[@pandorafox3944]

This is what the beginning of Time sounded like. I feel excited but comforted. Holy shit.

[@FragileCosmos]

I shouldn't be listening to this at almost 3 AM now I'm terrified

[@Honeydud]

I love you hayden Anhedonia🕷️

[@lunarmii]

thank you so much hayden for this album

[@Cuatroma]

First minute feels like its mocking those pretentious analog horror/ internet rabbit hole breakdown videos that try way too hard to be scary and the next 11 minutes are the scariest 11 minutes of sound you will ever hear.

[@bjorkismother]

listened to this with the lights on at night. wonder if i should relisten with the lights off

[@b19wing_inslowmotion]

YESSS

[@Jonahsart]

Idc if it’s just ambience, the mixed feelings I get with this hits HARD. Such absolute work and it’s majestic!! Love Mother Cain !! 🥰

[@hyko3358]

ethel I feel it ethel

[@cerrobueno]

This makes Ptolomea sound like the My Little Pony theme tune 😲

[@jupiter_424]

😭😭

[@uli_m]

me estoy volviendo adicto a esto