7 Oct 2014

Perfume Genius finds liberation

8:28 am on 7 October 2014
Mike Hadreas' third album as Perfume Genius is bold and defiant.

Mike Hadreas' third album as Perfume Genius is bold and defiant. Photo: Matador Records

Seattle-based solo artist Mike Hadreas has come a long way since the aching piano ballads of Learning, his first release as Perfume Genius in 2010. He speaks with Emma Smith about turning anger into power on his third album, Too Bright.

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