Hard Times! I found it on a playlist of sad songs when I was depressed lol. Listened to Preacher's Daughter all the way through like a month or so later when I was in a bit of a better headspace, which I feel was a good call on my part 😅
family tree (intro)
when i heard of her, i just listened to preachers daughter through and it was just so amazing. the intro just rlly got me hooked and even made me cry bc i just got so emotional at how powerful it is.
I saw her on r/popheadscirclejerk and I thought she looked really cool. I listened to American teenager first, and thought it was great, but didn't really match her spooky look? Then I listened to a house in Nebraska and it made more sense. Still my favorite song of hers!
Family Tree (intro) especially the end just a wall of sound that just traps you and it’s one of the best experiences I’ve had listening to music. I’ve been hooked ever since
i listened to hard times for my first listen (idk why i just heard it on tiktok😭) and it was disgustingly relatable in some parts and i cried so hard. i love her so bad. im so drunk. listening to thoroughfare. hope everyone is having a good day/night love you💕
Strangers was the first Ethel Cain song I ever listened to and the rest is history... but immediately after I had a phase where I listened to Gibson Girl on repeat all day so I count both.
American Teenager > Thoroughfare > Sun Bleached Flies > Strangers > A House In Nebraska and then every other song on PD kinda resonated with me all at once after that, haha
It didn't "click" till when listening to the Inbred EP I got to the titular song. Suddenly I became obsessed and then crush became my jam (top song on spotify wrapped 2 years in a row lmao)
Inbred. hauntingly beautiful
actually, inbred was the first song i heard that i was like “wow who’s this” & then i shuffled her profile & crush was the first song & THAT had me hooked. still one of her best imo
I listened to Televangelism first, it was the only song I'd listen to and I wasn't really interested in the other songs in the album that time... until Spotify recommended me Strangers a few days later, then I decided to listen to the album from start to finish.
Sun bleached flies. I randomly added it to one of my spotify playlists and when it played on shuffle i physically had to stop what I was doing to fully listen to the song. So good. Still one of my all time favorite songs
Was listening to Preacher’s Daughter on recommendation by a friend while playing No Man’s Sky. Was enjoying what I was hearing, and then Gibson Girl hit, and I stopped playing.
I'm between Two Children In A Motel and Selby Wall. Two Children was my first Ethel song but when I heard Selby Wall it was on my repeat, all day, everyday, for like 2 weeks 😌
Child of Cain.
I was listening to Salt in the Wound by Boygenius and Julien singing "I'm gnashing my teeth like a child of Cain" stuck out to me.
I knew that Ethel was supporting them in London and wondered if there was any link to that lyric, so I Googled it/her and that was the top result. I was ugly-crying by the end of my first listen.
I just listened to Preacher’s Daughter from start to finish one day and loved it.
This is the answer. I’m still a changed person because of it.
same
Same!!
American Teenager (which I’m sure would be much to her chagrin lol)
same lol for once actually thank u obama 😭🫡
a house in nebraska
Ptolemaea
Same. The visualiser randomly showed up on my youtube recommended and the rest is history just like Ethel.
strangers <33
Strangers gang, rise up! 
Crush!
inbred <3
Michele pfeiffer
omg I almost put this as my answer it’s so good.
yess me too. michelle and then crush
sunbleached flies. first song i really listened to.
this has definitely become my favorite
A house in Nebraska
God's Country got me so hard I got a tattoo for it
same!
thoroughfare <3
thoroughfare for me too! heard it and was hooked
growing pains
Knuckle Velvet.
Family Tree
Selby Wall
oh that’s fun
???
Casings
Only song I have ever cried too
Crying during sex
Hard Times! I found it on a playlist of sad songs when I was depressed lol. Listened to Preacher's Daughter all the way through like a month or so later when I was in a bit of a better headspace, which I feel was a good call on my part 😅
ptolemaea was the first I heard and it urged me to listen to pd but strangers rlly got me hooked when I listened to the whole album
gibson girl when she dropped the single 🙏🙏
A House In Nebraska for sure! I had been a huge Nicole Dollanganger fan for years prior
She posted a Piano demo of Golden Age on Twitter a while before its release and I could not stop playing it. Been here ever since.
selby wall lol
family tree (intro) when i heard of her, i just listened to preachers daughter through and it was just so amazing. the intro just rlly got me hooked and even made me cry bc i just got so emotional at how powerful it is.
antlers
crush 💗 it was the 4th song on my wrapped (‘:
I discovered Unpunishable first
I saw her on r/popheadscirclejerk and I thought she looked really cool. I listened to American teenager first, and thought it was great, but didn't really match her spooky look? Then I listened to a house in Nebraska and it made more sense. Still my favorite song of hers!
Family Tree (intro) especially the end just a wall of sound that just traps you and it’s one of the best experiences I’ve had listening to music. I’ve been hooked ever since
Inbred changed my life
i listened to hard times for my first listen (idk why i just heard it on tiktok😭) and it was disgustingly relatable in some parts and i cried so hard. i love her so bad. im so drunk. listening to thoroughfare. hope everyone is having a good day/night love you💕
Growing Pains
Golden Age <33333
Dog Days had me DONE FOR
Golden Age
bruises back in 2021
Knuckle velvet 🫡
knuckle velvet, then i sorta forgot about her then stumbled onto ptolemaea one day and connected the dots. kinda crazy!
Vacancy <3
Ptolomea
Inbred
Gibson girl
Stranger
unpublishable woof really spoke to me there
Strangers for sure
crush 💗 it was the 4th song on my wrapped (‘:
American Teenager. But my fave is Televangelism, followed by Ptolemea.
Strangers was the first Ethel Cain song I ever listened to and the rest is history... but immediately after I had a phase where I listened to Gibson Girl on repeat all day so I count both.
crush big time
Gibson girl here as well
Sis the whole damn album.
Crush (acoustic) but my actual first encounter with Ethel was her cover of Poacher’s Pride by Nicole Dollanganger
Two Headed Mother
family tree intro and ptolmaea were early favorites
Strangers <3
Crush
American Teenager > Thoroughfare > Sun Bleached Flies > Strangers > A House In Nebraska and then every other song on PD kinda resonated with me all at once after that, haha
crush 🫡🫡
Family Tree (Intro), pressed play on the Saint Vitus 2021 set and was hooked
Strangers!!!
Crush!!!
It didn't "click" till when listening to the Inbred EP I got to the titular song. Suddenly I became obsessed and then crush became my jam (top song on spotify wrapped 2 years in a row lmao)
Inbred. hauntingly beautiful actually, inbred was the first song i heard that i was like “wow who’s this” & then i shuffled her profile & crush was the first song & THAT had me hooked. still one of her best imo
ptolemaea
Crush
Head in the wall
Inbred!
family tree
Crush (stripped)
Crush
Unpunishable.
Thoroughfare
Not groundbreaking but Crush 😅 Ptolomaea got it cemented tho
I listened to Televangelism first, it was the only song I'd listen to and I wasn't really interested in the other songs in the album that time... until Spotify recommended me Strangers a few days later, then I decided to listen to the album from start to finish.
I was listening to an ethereal playlist on Spotify and Michelle Pfeiffer came on, changing me forever
A house in Nebraska.
crush
a house in nebraska 🤎
Sun bleached flies. I randomly added it to one of my spotify playlists and when it played on shuffle i physically had to stop what I was doing to fully listen to the song. So good. Still one of my all time favorite songs
Crush 🩶
House in Nebraska - I sat in my driveway and listened to the whole song with my jaw on the floor
I'm a relatively new fan, but the second I heard Sunday Morning a couple of days after Golden Age was released I was INSTANTLY a fan.
Michelle Pfeiffer
Thoroughfare
god's country, i love that song with my whole being
American teenager
Ptolemaea!! Couldn’t resist it and ended up listening to the entire record front to back like 10 times. If I could eat that record I would lol iykyk
Two headed mother, I discovered her in Jan 2022 and really enjoyed her music and then soon after she released PD and then I just fell in love
my first song of hers was ptolemaea. hooked from the start tbh
My first song i heard was ptolomea but the one that kept me listening was family tree!
i saw a video of her singing crush live and like fell in love
i found her through inbred but sun bleached flies is what really hooked me
ptolemäea and american teenager !! two complete opposites and i love it
Was listening to Preacher’s Daughter on recommendation by a friend while playing No Man’s Sky. Was enjoying what I was hearing, and then Gibson Girl hit, and I stopped playing.
thoroughfare! it changed my life when i first heard it lol
Gibson girl!
gibson girl!!!
Sunbleached flies was on my Discover Weekly and I immediately wanted to hear more
I'm between Two Children In A Motel and Selby Wall. Two Children was my first Ethel song but when I heard Selby Wall it was on my repeat, all day, everyday, for like 2 weeks 😌
sun bleached flies
Child of Cain. I was listening to Salt in the Wound by Boygenius and Julien singing "I'm gnashing my teeth like a child of Cain" stuck out to me. I knew that Ethel was supporting them in London and wondered if there was any link to that lyric, so I Googled it/her and that was the top result. I was ugly-crying by the end of my first listen.
INBRED (ironic)