MUSIC CASSETTE

A prequel to her Top Ten-charting full-length debut, the dramatic, semi-autobiographical concept album Preacher's Daughter, Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You visits the protagonist (also named Ethel Cain) five years earlier, as a teenager. While Willoughby's lush, ambient rock atmospheres and poignant scenes are similarly cinematic to the debut, this album leans further into a more yearning, romantic sensibility apropos to themes of young love and the longing for a life outside of her troubled home. While it's highlighted by evocative tracks like "Fuck Me Eyes" and its mix of smooth synths and dissonant fuzz, and the more intimate "Dust Bowl" ("I knew it was love/When I rode home crying"), like any concept album worth its salt, Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You is best heard in its (73-minute) entirety. The follow-up enjoyed a similarly positive international reception, including landing within the U.S., U.K., and Australian Top 15 and reaching the Top Three of Billboard's independent, alternative, and rock charts.

A1        Janie
A2        Willoughby's Theme
A3        Fuck Me Eyes
A4        Nettles
A5        Willoughby's Interlude
A6        Dust Bowl
B1        A Knock At The Door
B2        Radio Towers
B3        Tempest
B4        Waco, Texas