Review: Southern Gothic songstress Ethel Cain connects with fans

With intense and lyrically dense songs about abuse and religious trauma, you might expect Ethel Cain to be hyper-focused on her fiction — and thus introverted onstage. But she was refreshingly personable and engaging, encouraging the crowd to sing along and jump in time to the music. But make no mistake: Her fans were out in full force not for her personality, but her lyrics, some of which brought them to tears. Ethel Cain. Candace Dane Chambers/Sun-Times …