“The expansive spirit of Mike Hadreas’ terrific new album conjures and reimagines a mode of experimental pop music that is ecstatic, healing, modern, and queer.”
“Mike Hadreas and Alan Wyffels continue their hot streak with producer Blake Mills on an album that rewards patience”
“a bold statement that rewards the open-minded”
“With Ugly Season, Perfume Genius displays his commitment to discovery”
“Mike wades into even more abstract waters on Ugly Season.”
“The music of Perfume Genius has grown increasingly tough and physical in recent years, something that seemed impossible a decade ago. The bruised piano ballads of early records like Learning and Put Your Back N 2 It were almost anti-physical, their performer sinking into fog with a whisper. “Take everything away”, he implores on the latter’s ‘17’. “This gnarled, weird face / This ripe swollen shap”
