Glory by Perfume Genius
The remarkable thing about Mike Hadreas’ music is how he manages to fit such big feelings into such small, confined spaces. Like 2020’s <i>Set My Heart on Fire Immediately</i>, 2025’s <i>Glory</i> (also produced by the ever-subtle but ever-engaging Blake Mills) channels the kind of gothic Americana that might soundtrack a David Lynch diner or the atmospheric opening credits of a show about hot werewolves: a little campy, a little dark, a lot of passions deeply felt. The bold moments here are easy to grasp (“It’s a Mirror”, “Me & Angel”), but it’s the quieter ones that make you sit up and listen (“Capezio”, “In a Row”). Once he found beauty in letting go, now he finds it in restraint.
