Too Bright by Perfume Genius

Too Bright, the third album from Perfume Genius, landed on Matador on September 23, 2014, following Put Your Back N 2 It. Perfume Genius is Michael Hadreas, an indie songwriter who bends pop and rock into his own strange shapes, and whose songs have long wrestled with sexuality, his battle with Crohn's disease, domestic abuse and the dangers gay men still face.

"Queen" is the track rock radio latched onto, and it's easy to hear why: it moves with a slow, glittering swagger and a sense of menace under the glamour. The record made the lower reaches of the album charts on both sides of the Atlantic, number 77 in the UK and 83 in the US, and No Shape came next.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.