Perfume Genius – Too Bright (LP Vinyl)
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With *Too Bright*, Hadreas pushed far beyond the hushed piano intimacy of his first two records, embracing glam-inflected production, distorted guitars, and a confrontational directness that felt like a genuine artistic leap. Produced with Blake Mills, the album channels a kind of defiant theatricality, drawing comparisons to Bowie and early Roxy Music while remaining unmistakably his own. It marked the moment Perfume Genius stopped whispering and started demanding to be seen.
Over the course of two astonishing albums, Perfume Genius, aka Seattle native Mike Hadreas, cemented his place as a singer-songwriter of rare frankness, creating songs that, while achingly emotional, offered empathy and hope, rather than any judgment or handwringing. Sparse, gorgeous and with Hadreas quavering vocals often only accompanied by piano, they were uncommonly beautiful tales of a life lived on the dark side scarred, brutalised, yet ultimately, slowly but surely reclaimed.
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Side A
Side B
UPC: 744861102816
Label: Matador Records
Release Date: 9.23.14
Format: LP Vinyl