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May 2025
Matador Records—OLE2105CD
Format: CD
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Perfume Genius is the stage name for Mike Hadreas, a singer and songwriter whose music is delightfully unpredictable. His music defies categorization, but certain themes recur in his work, especially the mysteries of sexuality and the horrors of homophobia. The latter motif isn’t surprising, given Hadreas’s background. He was bullied in high school and dropped out in his senior year. Two years later, while studying art at a school in Seattle, he was hospitalized after being attacked by a group of young men.