Just in time for the holidays, we’re reissuing the devastating debut album from Seattle’s Perfume Genius, aka Mike Hadreas, in a new slipcase edition. If you missed ‘Learning’ when it came out last ...
“Learning” was an apt title for Tacoma, Wash. artist Mike Hadreas’ 2010 debut disc as Perfume Genius, a moniker he used to post his music on MySpace. He had just exited rehab, and was trying to make ...
Perfume Genius released Learning not two months ago, but he’s already out with new material. “Your Drum” has a sparse melody but ethereal harmonies, perhaps the key to how Mike Hadreas (the man behind ...
A prolific artist, Perfume Genius, Michael Alden Hadreas, released his debut album “Learning” in 2010, followed by “Put Your Back N 2 It” in 2012, “Too Bright” in 2014, “No Shape” in 2017 and, his ...
Seattle songwriter Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius, has a brief, sorta devastating album out via Matador. It's called Learning and it slips by quickly -- 10 songs in under 30 minutes -- so you'll ...
Another 2012 release to get excited about... Where Learning was stark and confessional however, Put Your Back N 2 It is lush and universal, and sees an expansion of both his thematic and sonic palette ...
When he was young, Mike Had­reas thought suffering was a prerequisite for being an artist. “When I was like 12,” he says, “I ...
Mike Hadreas had already lived a lot of life before he became Perfume Genius. Growing up, he struggled with Crohn's disease, and the cruelty of homophobic bullies in high school. He witnessed domestic ...