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Ethel Cain mines Twin Peaks for ‘Nettles’ single ahead of August album

Cain employed the Yamaha DX7s used by Angelo Badalamenti to evoke the show’s haunting soundscapes in the prequel to her acclaimed ’Preacher’s Daughter’.

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Overview

  • Her sophomore album Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You is scheduled for release on August 8, 2025.
  • The eight-minute single “Nettles” dropped on June 4 as the first preview of the forthcoming record.
  • Cain wrote, produced and mixed the track herself and handled vocals and multiple instruments including banjo, guitar, piano and synthesizers.
  • She hunted down the same Yamaha DX7 synthesizers Angelo Badalamenti used on the Twin Peaks theme to shape the song’s eerie atmosphere.
  • Cain will embark on a tour in August and October 2025 with stops at London’s Eventim Apollo and New York’s Radio City Music Hall.