It's official. Ethel Cain's eagerly anticipated second album Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You... is coming August 8, as revealed today alongside new single "Nettles". Pre-orders for the album will open this coming Friday (June 6).

Described as a prequel to her 2022 debut album Preacher's Daughter – which made Billboard chat history earlier this year upon its long-awaited vinyl release – Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You... tells the story of Ethel's first love and contains some of the earliest songs written for the project.

Speaking about "Nettles", Cain says:

“This song and the last track on the record were both written the same week, the very first week I moved into the house in Alabama where I finished Preacher’s Daughter. In similar fashion to Preacher’s Daughter (specifically ‘A House in Nebraska’ and ‘Strangers’), I wrote what essentially became the beginning and end of the story without realizing it. What were originally just little vignettes of emotion I was feeling at the time ultimately became the tentpoles for a larger narrative. 'Nettles' became a dream of losing the one you love, asking them to reassure you that it won’t come true and to dream, instead, of all the time you’ll have together as you grow old side by side. Every once in a blue moon, it feels good to slough off the macabre and to simply let love be.”

Listen below:

Cain's extensive Willoughby Tucker Forever world tour has completely sold out from primary ticket sellers. Those lucky enough to get hold of a secondary ticket can see her in the following cities from August through to November.

08/12 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
08/13 Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
08/15 Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
08/16 Portland, OR @ Edgefield
08/18 Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Berkeley
08/20 Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium
08/21 Los Angeles, CA @ Shrine Auditorium
08/22 Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre
08/24 Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory
08/25 Houston, TX @ 713 Music Hall
08/26 Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater at Waterloo Park
08/28 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
08/29 Atlanta, GA @ The Eastern
08/30 Asheville, NC @ Asheville Yards
09/04 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE
09/05 Washington, D.C., DC @ The Anthem
09/06 Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
09/09 New York, NY @ Radio City Music Hall
09/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
09/12 Boston, MA @ Roadrunner
09/13 Buffalo, NY @ Outer Harbor Live at Terminal B
09/15 Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
09/16 Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
09/17 Detroit, MI @ Masonic Cathedral Theatre
09/19 St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
09/20 Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed (Fairgrounds)
10/02 Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
10/03 Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo
10/04 Glasgow, UK @ O2 Academy Glasgow
10/06 London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/07 London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/09 London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/10 London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/11 London, UK @ Eventim Apollo
10/14 Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
10/15 Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
10/16 Utrecht, NL @ TivoliVredenburg
10/18 Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
10/19 Paris, FR @ L’Olympia
10/21 Cologne, DE @ Carlswerk Victoria
10/23 Berlin, DE @ Huxley’s Neue Welt
10/24 Hamburg, DE @ Docks
10/25 Copenhagen, DK @ Vega
10/27 Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
10/28 Stockholm, SE @ Fållan
10/31 Warsaw, PL @ Stodola
11/01 Prague, CZ @ Velký sál Lucerna
11/02 Vienna, AT @ Gasometer
11/04 Zurich, CH @ X-tra
11/05 Milan, IT @ Alcatraz
11/07 Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz
11/08 Madrid, ES @ Teatro Eslava
11/09 Lisbon, PT @ LAV Warehouse

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