PerfumeGenius

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PerfumeGeniusisthestagenameforSeattlebasedsoloartistMikeHadreas.Asof2014,hehas
releasedthreealbums.

PerfumeGenius

Contents
1Earlyhistoryandeducation
2Musicalcareer
3Discography
3.1Albums
3.2Singles
4References
5Externallinks

HadreasperforminginNewYorkCityin2012
Backgroundinformation

Earlyhistoryandeducation
HadreasisofGreekdescentandwasborninthesuburbs[2]of
Seattle,Washington.[3]Hadreasstudiedpaintinginschooland
tookpianolessonsasachild.[3]Hismotherwasaspecial
educationteacher,andhisparentsdivorcedwhenhewasa
teenager.[3]

Birth
name

MikeHadreas

Born

1981/1982(age3334)[1]

Genres

Indiepop,Baroquepop,Chamberpop,
Alternative

Years
active

2008present

Labels

Matador,Turnstile

Growingup,Hadreaswastheonlyopenlygaystudentathisschool,andhereceiveddeaththreatswhichwerenot
addressedbytheadministration.[2]Hedroppedoutofhighschoolduringhissenioryear.Twoyearsafter
droppingout,hewasattackedbyseveralyoungmeninhisneighborhood.[2]HemovedtoWilliamsburg,
BrooklynandworkedasadoormanforaclubintheEastVillage.Healsoreportedlybeganusingdrugsduring
thistime.[2]
In2005,HadreasreturnedhometoSeattle,enteringarehabilitationprogramandmovinginwithhismotherand
stepfather.[2]In2008,hefoundanapartmentinSeattlewithhisbrotherandbeganrecordingmusic.[2]

Musicalcareer
HadreasperformingasPerfume
Geniusin2010

In2008,HadreassetupaMySpacepageunderthenamePerfume
Genius.[4]Hisdebutalbum,Learning,wasreleasedonJune21,2010,
throughTurnstileRecordsinEuropeandMatadorRecordsintheUnitedStates.[5]Manyofthetracksfor
LearningwererecordedinHadreas'home.[3]HeperformedhisfirstliveshowattheVeraProjectClubinSeattle,
whereheopenedforASunnyDayinGlasgow.[3]
Hadreas'secondalbum,PutYourBackN2It,wasreleasedonFebruary20,2012.[6]Thepromotionalvideofor
thealbum,featuringHadreasandpornographicactorArpadMiklosembracingeachother,wasdeemedunsafefor
familyviewingbyYouTube.[7]
HadreaswasoneofseveralSeattleareaartistsandmusiciansfeaturedintheexhibit"Mw[MomentMagnitude]"
attheFryeArtMuseum,October13,2012January20,2013.Aspartoftheexhibit,heperformedatthe
museumonOctober27,2012.[8]

Coverartfor2014'sTooBright

"SisterSong"wasfeaturedinEpisodes3,13,andtheseasonfinaleofHemlockGrovein2013.
OnSeptember23,2014,Hadreasreleasedhisthirdalbum,TooBright,whichwascoproducedbyAdrianUtleyofPortishead,[3]tocriticalacclaim.[9]In
2015,HadreastouredwithNorwegianmusicianJennyHval.[10]HeisalsoslatedtoperformattheBasilicaSoundScapefestivalinHudson,New
York.[11]
InJuly2015,"Queen"wasfeaturedinEpisode4ofMr.Robot(TVseries).
Hadreas'musicexplorestopicsincludingsexuality,hispersonalstrugglewithCrohn'sdisease,domesticabuse,[9]andthedangersfacedbygaymenin
contemporarysociety.[10]

Discography
Albums

Peakpositions
Albumanddetails

US

BEL
(Vl)

IRL

UK

41

19

73

83

26

77

Learning
Datereleased:June22,2010
Recordlabel:Matador,Organs
PutYourBackN2It
Datereleased:2012
Recordlabel:Matador
TooBright
Datereleased:September23,
2014
Recordlabel:Matador

Singles
Releasedate

Title

2010

"MrPeterson"

2011

"AllWaters"
"Hood"

2012

"DarkParts"
"TakeMeHome"

2014

"Queen"
"Grid"

References
1. Barton,Laura(February16,2012)."PerfumeGenius:'I'velearnednottotrustmyself' "(http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/16/perfumegeniusmike
hadreas).TheGuardian(London).RetrievedFebruary17,2012."Hadreasis30now[...]"
2. WilliamVanMeter(17September2014)."LashingOutatHisTormentors,AtLast"(http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/21/arts/music/anaggressivenewalbum
fromperfumegenius.html).TheNewYorker.Retrieved26June2015.
3. SashaFrereJones(22September2014)."GrowthSpurt"(http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/22/growthspurt).TheNewYorker.Retrieved26June
2015.
4. PerfumeGeniusBiography(http://www.allmusic.com/artist/perfumegeniusp2159062/biography),allmusic.com
5. PerfumeGeniusLearning(http://www.discogs.com/PerfumeGeniusLearning/master/264975),discogs.com
6. "PutYourBackN2It:PerfumeGenius".Amazon.com:MP3Downloads.ASINB006WH8VOM(https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006WH8VOM).
7. Michelson,Noah(January25,2012)."PerfumeGeniusVideoGetsBannedFromYouTubeForNotBeing"FamilySafe" "
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/25/perfumegeniusvideogetsbannedyoutube_n_1230811.html).HuffingtonPost.
8. PerfumeGenius(http://fryemuseum.org/momentmagnitude/artist/perfume_genius)&Calendar(http://fryemuseum.org/momentmagnitude/calendar),Mw[Moment
Magnitude],FryeArtMuseum.Accessedonline20121127.
9. MatthewWright(11June2015)."PerfumeGenius/JennyHval,RFH"(http://www.theartsdesk.com/newmusic/perfumegeniusjennyhvalrfh).TheArtsDesk.
Retrieved26June2015.
10. AnwenCrawford(22June2015)."SoftApocalypse"(http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/06/22/softapocalypse).TheNewYorker.Retrieved26June2015.
11. BenRatliff(17June2015)."AtBasilicaSoundscapeFestival,Electronics,PostPunkandNoise"(http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/06/17/atbasilica
soundscapefestivalelectronicspostpunkandnoise/).TheNewYorkTimes.Retrieved26June2015.

Externallinks
PerfumeGenius(http://www.matadorrecords.com/perfume_genius)atMatadorRecords
PerfumeGenius(https://www.facebook.com/perfumegeniusofficial)onFacebook
PerfumeGenius(https://twitter.com/perfumegenius)onTwitter

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