Perfume Genius Announces New Album, Shares Video for New Song 'Slip Away'
By Sam Sodomsky.
Mike Hadreas has announced a new Perfume Genius album. No Shapeis out May 5 via Matador. It’s Hadreas’ fourth Perfume Genius record, following 2014’s Too Bright. Below, check out the music video for the first single, “Slip Away.” It’s directed by Andrew Thomas Huang, and finds Hadreas dancing with a woman in pastoral scenery until two strange men chase after them. Scroll down for the No Shape tracklist, as well as Hadreas’ statement on the Blake Mills-produced record and his upcoming tour dates.
Revisit our feature “Perfume Genius: The Queen of Shanghai.”
Perfume Genius:
I pay my rent. I’m approaching health. The things that are bothering me personally now are less clear, more confusing. I don’t think I really figured them out with these songs. There’s something freeing about how I don’t have it figured out. Unpacking little morsels, magnifying my discomfort, wading through buried harm, laughing at or digging in to the embarrassing drama of it all. I may never come out the other side but it’s invigorating to try and hopefully, ultimately helpful. I think a lot of them are about trying to be happy in the face of whatever bullshit I created for myself or how horrible everything and everyone is.
No Shape:
01 Otherside
02 Slip Away
03 Just Like Love
04 Go Ahead
05 Valley
06 Wreath
07 Every Night
08 Choir
09 Die 4 You
10 Sides [ft. Weyes Blood]
11 Braid
12 Run Me Through
13 Alan
Perfume Genius:
05-10 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick Lounge *
05-11 Toronto, Ontario - Virgin Mobile Mod Club *
05-12 Montreal, Quebec - Theatre Fairmount *
05-13 Boston, MA - Royale *
05-15 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
05-16 Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel *
05-18 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer *
05-19 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle *
05-20 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West *
05-21 Nashville, TN - Exit/In *
05-23 Milwaukee, WI - Cedar Cultural Center *
05-24 Minneapolis, MN - Cedar Cultural Center *
05-25 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall *
06-16-17 Eaux Claires Festival - Eau Claire, WI
07-15 Vancouver, British Columbia - Imperial
07-16 Portland, OR - Revolution Hall
07-18-19 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
07-23 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
* with serpentwithfeet
Watch Perfume Genius perform “Queen” at Pitchfork Music Festival 2015:
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