Every Ethel cain project is an immediate 5/5, 10/10, 1000/1000. I don’t speak about it often but oh my god Ethel's story is one of the things that genuinely changed me forever. This album was my introduction to her whole universe and i've been hooked since. I remember being in middle school and hearing ptolemaea for the first time and just being absolutely terrified in a way? Only her music gives me this feeling and i literally cannot explain it. This album has been tied to my soul since the first time I listened to it in full. Her lyrics are gorgeous, her voice is mesmerizing and i don’t think she ever made any bad songs? i know i easily give out 5/5 to albums but this one is probably in my top 5 or 3 favorite albums of all times. She takes you on a whole journey, literally none of the songs are skippable. I literally could develop whole essays for all 13 songs that are on here. It is obvious what i am about to say, but it is impossible for me to actually rank these songs because i think all of them are my favorites. but anyway here you go: 1.Sun bleached flies/ STRANGERS 2.Thoroughfare (very recent obsession i literally have it in my head playing all the time)/HARD TIMES 3.Televangelism HM:Gibson girl, a house in nebraska i can’t put the lyrics in quotes because id have to put the whole 1hr and 15 minutes worth of songs down so yeah they're ALL very personal to me and I wish i could talk about it to someone but i don’t think anyone would ever be interested by me yapping away about how "am i making you feel sick?" is literally me.