Perfume Genius seemed to emerge from nowhere in June 2010 as debut LP Learning made a quiet but marked impact on those who heard it. Mike Hadreas’ stark and revealing lyrics came from an unsettling, dark place, and were coupled with a home-recorded feel in production, making for a record that lingered long in the memory.
This sophomore effort, Put Your Back N 2 It, is a massive step up in production values – in the sense that it was recorded with proper equipment – and it has also brought with that a collection of songs that have a considerably different feel.
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