Learning, by Perfume Genius

Learning

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1.	Learning 02:44	info	buy track
2.	Lookout, Lookout 02:57	info	buy track
3.	Mr. Peterson 02:52	info	buy track
4.	Gay Angels 04:05	info	buy track
5.	You Won't B Here 01:38	info	buy track
6.	Write To Your Brother 01:52	info	buy track
7.	No Problem 02:10	info	buy track
8.	When 03:32	info	buy track
9.	Perry 03:42	info	buy track
10.	Never Did 03:22	info	buy track
11.	Dreeem 02:26	info	buy track
12.	Your Drum (Formerly Lake Vue Gardens) 01:42	info	buy track
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Even though he is only in his 20s, Mike Hadreas, aka Seattle’s Perfume Genius, has a story with the twists and turns of a person who has seen a lot of darkness. Hadreas explains: “I spent my whole life hiding from the things that happened to me, to my family and friends. The entirety of all these experiences: abuse, addiction, suicide, all that cool stuff, I couldn’t bear to look at it.”

This extraordinary debut album explores that world through home-recorded songs that bring to mind early Cat Power, Elliott Smith, Sufjan Stevens and Pink Moon-era Nick Drake. Mostly simple vocal and piano, the minor-key melodies work their way into your brain and stick there. “Mr. Peterson" is the seemingly innocuous tale of a high school teacher turned inside-out. “Gay Angels' is a gorgeous soundscape of layered organs and synths. “Write To Your Brother' contains elliptical allusions to a mother treating a song “like a lover.' Hadreas’s life is a catalog of remembered pain and sadness, and this album is an indelible testament to that.

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released December 6, 2010

Mike Hadreas - Keyboards, piano, vocals

All songs written by Mike Hadreas

Produced by Mike Hadreas
Recorded at Everett
Mastering by T-Roy at Spectre Mastering

Photography by [Sleeve Photography] – Angel Ceballos

2010, Matador Records under exclusive license from Organs (Turnstile)

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