Hayden Anhedönia - Blog Posts
famous last words (an ode to eaters)
Directed by Hayden Anhëdonia and Silken Weinberg
"You'd be a writer, if he didn't leave all his hell for you"
"Sayin' if you could, you'd leave it all..."
Dust Bowl - Ethel Cain (Demo)
I suppose Cain didn't realize 'all' included her too.
i am sure that hell must be cold
i recreated this look from the god’s country mv :)
a different song. if you have any title ideas pls lmk
just something i’m working on :)
age of delilah cover :)
hayden please post the video of you building the lego set and talking about zelda !!
@mothercain
i am so in love with this woman it’s actually insane
@mothercain please please PLEASE release a cover of bette davis eyes on spotify. i beg!!
inbred - ethel cain cover by me
ending !!
@mothercain
gonna send him vacillator n he has no idea hahahhahah muahahhaha
Do you guys know that one theory (I think its a theory) that ethel cain = Jesus or is a metaphor/second coming.
Then will preachers wife be Mary?
And could mother of a preacher be about "god"
Stupid random idea, yeah, but??
(Also I'm so excited for Hayden's new album)
If she showed up to my wedding id run off w her without hesitation
studio sesh ✨️
Girlhood on a spectrum
Currently waiting for my preacher’s daughter vinyl😋
i think ptolomaea by ethel cain is one of the most brilliantly crafted songs i’ve ever listened to.
the way it opens with this distorted deeper voice (isaiah) and you hear the sound of flies buzzing in the background underneath the voice, thats such a cool detail. and while isaiah is singing, you hear ethel incoherently mumble (you literally hear her say “mama?” its so 😭😭) as she’s waking up from the drugs. when we finally hear her voice, it’s high pitched, raw, and vulnerable. because of how vulnerable of a situation she is in, but she doesn’t realize it yet because of the drugs she’s on. so this whole beginning is echoey and it captures the whole aloneness she’s feeling.
and then we get a beat drop at “even the iron still fears the rot,” where the instrumentals are a little heavier, her voice is still high and raw but there’s a sense of knowing in it. (“hiding from something, i cannot stop. walking on shadows, i cant lead him back”) as her hallucinations and the drugs start to wear off, she’s facing this darkness that’s been eating away at her with “daddy’s left and mama won’t come home,” which is something she rarely comes to terms with.
then we get that dark distorted voice again saying “you poor thing, sweet morning lamb. there’s nothing you can do, it’s already been done,” which is incredibly terrifying. not to mention that deafening crash of the drums, god the way those drums thunder so intensely like you can feel the dread in your bones. and then we hear ethel’s voice again saying “what fear a man like you brings upon a woman like me? please dont look at me..” which refers to when isaiah tells her to “show me your face,” during that line. and she’s pleading for him to stop looking at him, you can’t hear it because it’s in the background but he says “come here,” and right after you hear ethel say “i can see it in your eyes, tell me, what have you done?” which then goes into a sea of begs and pleas for him to “stop, stop” until the final “stop” is not sung, but instead a bone chilling shrill shriek. which is cut off by “i am the face of love’s rage.” and if you listen to the acapella, during “i am the face of love’s rage,” right underneath that main vocal, you hear a second high pitched scream, you hear bundles “no’s” and even a “no! please!” which i think ties the story really well together.
in the acapella, while “blessed be the daughters of cain,” is being read out, you can hear the gargling and choking noises as ethel is struggling to breathe and as she’s literally dying its really sickening but so well executed from an artist perspective. and then at the very very end, you hear a death rattle like that is INSANE
i love ptolomaea, i love how the instrumentals create such a unique atmosphere that makes it as terrifying as it sounds and how hayden uses her voice in different ways to tell the story effectively. and it works, it all works.
ptolomaea is the best song on preacher’s daughter thank you for coming to my ted talk
i have avoided downloading soundcloud for like eight fucking years and pay for spotify but mother cain has finally forced me to submit. never thought this day would come
my type or whatever… (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)
template not mine, dividers not mine
honest perverts review, this album is a perfect album, for listeners who love long length songs, and want to be disturbed, but in a beautiful way. when it comes to music, i don’t really listen to instrumental music, with light singing/harmonizing in it, but since preachers daughter came out with both televangelism and august underground, i started enjoying it more, and with this album coming out, and having listened to it, i’ve grown to love it. and what i appreciate and love about this album, is the light, but heavy sounds of the instruments, and snippets of talking from videos and audios, which hayden seems to include with preachers daughter as well. the songs on this album that stood out to me, and would be considered my favorites already have to be thatorchia and etienne.
perverts released on my birthday. couldnt have been more happier this year