4 Gorgeous Ethel Cain Demos That Should Have Made It To Albums

One thing Ethel Cain is going to do without fail is drop demos. She used to upload unreleased tracks to SoundCloud and Tumblr, but has since deleted those accounts. Still, most of her unreleased work has been archived on YouTube by devoted fans, so we can continue to appreciate Cain’s delightfully disturbing, evocative artistry.

“Crying During Sex”

“Crying During Sex” was initially featured as a B-side on Ethel Cain’s 2021 EP Inbred. It was also included on the limited run of CDs that was released. While Inbred didn’t fit directly into the Ethel Cain canon like Preacher’s Daughter and Willoughby Tucker did, it still pulled from her darkly lonely and religious Americana influences. This demo in particular features familiar imagery of self-destruction and denial. It also touches on a despe