Even in the year of pop acts going country, Gwen Stefani seemed like an unlikely face to join in on the fun. Sure, she married Blake Shelton in 2021, but how could the former No Doubt frontwoman and early aughts pop goddess possibly abandon her brilliant knack for quirky ska gold and creamy smooth pop magic? 

Ethel Cain, the monarch of Southern gothic iconography and brooding alt-rock, has returned at long last with “Punish,” the first sampling from her upcoming sophomore LP Perverts, due this upcoming January.

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