Perfume Genius

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Underrated Records

2017 in Lists

PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2017

Look, we all know democracy is flawed. And so, in our annual voting for Exclaim!'s Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums, Top 10 Soul and R&B Albums, To...

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Discomfort Zone

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2017

Mike Hadreas was frustrated.   As work began on the followup to Too Bright, his 2014 breakthrough as Perfume Genius, he found himself sitti...

"My Version of a Stadium Anthem": Perfume Genius Pushes His Comfort Zone on 'No Shape'

PUBLISHED May 16, 2017

No Shape, the new album from Mike Hadreas's Perfume Genius (out now on Matador) is the most accessible and pop-friendly release from the pr...

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Theatre Fairmount, Montreal QC, May 12

PUBLISHED May 13, 2017

There's no question that the latest album from Mike Hadreas — best known as Perfume Genius — is good. No Shape is a rich, textual experienc...

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"Die 4 You" (video)

PUBLISHED May 9, 2017

Mike Hadreas returned as Perfume Genius with his latest album No Shape last week, and now "Die 4 You" from that very LP has been given the...

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No Shape

PUBLISHED May 5, 2017

Mike Hadreas has never been one to mince words. So, in naming the first track on his latest album as Perfume Genius, "Otherside," he's lett...

Perfume Genius Announces 'No Shape' LP, Shares "Slip Away" Video

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2017

Upon the announcement of his upcoming North American tour, Perfume Genius (a.k.a. Mike Hadreas) hinted that a new album was on the way. Now...

​Perfume Genius Hints at New Album, Announces North American Tour

PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2017

Perfume Genius is teasing the follow-up to 2014's Too Bright with his return to the live stage this spring and summer.   He recently reveal...