albums of 2012 - 5. Perfume Genius - Put Your Back N 2 It

5. PERFUME GENIUS - PUT YOUR BACK N 2 IT 

Doing the annual visit back to the UK always yields interesting opportunities and for me, in 2012, I grabbed the chance to see this band live with both hands. What resulted was one of the tenderest performances I have ever seen. The voice is tender and wobbly and times, but soars at others.

The closest point of comparison I can give for Seattle's Perfume Genius would be Bright Eyes or Phil Collins - there is a certainly an 80's feel to this sophomore outing- but all in all, it seems that Mike Hadreas and his boyfriend managed to lay down they own ethereal concoction that evolved the sound and the overall quality. Perfume genius; it's impossible to forget the name and the music for shizzle, though the name of the album title is somewhat misleading, especially when this is music for softies!!!

Records of 2010 - 24. Perfume Genius - Learning

Records of 2010 - 24. Perfume Genius - Learning

and sometimes someone just comes along that is a breath of fresh air and a refreshing story of a 26 year old who got sick of New York City and moved back in with his Mum in Seattle and he made his music and this is it and it's a story of someone who takes solace in comfort that he'll be aight and that troubled times are not behind and that he's, well, "learning" about stuff and songs about love and about suffer and about mending and all the usual shit done in a really unique style and a lot of piano and a great voice and someone that's really just started starting and one to watch absolutely.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mqbl2oaKa8