Always seemingly existing and thriving on the arty fringes of the pop world. Perfume Genius slowly matured as an artist and songwriter until with the album No Shape where he got the nearest he has so far got to writing a hit album, its possibly his most mainstream and accessible creation. His experimental itch forces him to push at his own musical boundaries. So subsequent albums have pared back instrumentation to focus on vocal style and strength of songwriting or have been written entirely with choreography in mind.
I have been re-listening to it lately and this track Slip Away is still such a joyful eruption of optimistic creative energy. Mike Hadreas, aka Perfume Genius has such a frail sounding voice, yet he twists and forces it into areas its probably never made for. So the tracks opens with this slow background aboriginal sounding rhythm, into which comes the light sweet tone of his solo voice, which gains harmonic company, then suddenly this thundering bass pattern hoists the track into a whole other magnificent stratosphere. I find this completely addictive. Another joy of Perfume Genius's releases are the videos, always a bit off kilter but extremely creative and memorably unique, and the one for Slip Away is no exception.
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