Editor’s Pick Perfume Genius Glory (Blue Vinyl) Matador vinyl record

Limited BLUE VINYL Issue.
For the past decade and a half Mike Hadreas has been making some of the most ambitious and powerful baroque pop music on the planet under his artistic moniker Perfume Genius. The Matador signee’s seventh album is an ambitious affair and his most collaborative to date. Whereas before his process would be one of full control, this time his compositions were open to alteration from his band. And it’s a move that’s yielded fantastic results. ‘It’s a Mirror’ is one of the most stylish songs he’s ever written and it’s recorded in a way that you really feel like he’s going through the things he’s singing about. You can imagine Michael Stipe begging for a guest spot on this beautifully orchestrated number. Meanwhile, the more complex and dynamic cut ‘No Front Teeth’ features one of the best voices of the century in Aldous Harding. The song is subtly haunting, with lyrics that sound culled from a H. P. Lovecraft story and delivered with such intensity. Artistically Perfume Genius is on another level here and likely to be peppering many end of year lists come winter.