Perfume Genius – Too Bright (Vinyl)

Released 10 years ago this September, Too Bright, remains an early standout of Perfume Geniuss (Mike Hadreas) unparalleled oeuvre. It is a brave, bold, unpredictably quixotic exploration of what Hadreas called in 2014 an underlying rage that has slowly been growing since ten and has just begun to bubble up.

Recorded with Adrian Utley of Portishead and featuring John Parish on several tracks, it is a stunning about-face which brings to mind audacious career-shift albums like Kate Bushs The Dreaming or Scott Walkers Tilt, records which walk the tightrope between pure songwriting and overt experimentation.

Limited clear vinyl.

Tracklist:
A1. I Decline
A2. Queen
A3. Fool
A4. No Good
A5. My Body
A6. Don’t Let Them In
B1. Grid
B2. Longpig
B3. I’m A Mother
B4. Too Bright
B5. All Along