Noah Kahan had the year's most popular single with "Stick Season," which generated the equivalent of 1.99 million sales in Britain.

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Perverts is not intended as a follow-up to Preacher’s Daughter. Although released under Ethel Cain’s name, it does not continue with Cain’s grisly narrative. Instead, the record amplifies the earlier album’s indebtedness to horror films. ( Preacher’s Daughter was initially conceived as a screenplay.)

Perverts," the second studio release by the gloomy Americana artist Hayden Anhedönia, who performs as Ethel Cain, deploys a vast array of elements. Post-industrial noise, glacial tempos, layered reverb and ritualistic incantations through darkly angelic vocals combine in a jarring exploration of self-gratification and self-loathing.