Perfume Genius

Add Date: June 29

Artist: Perfume Genius

Album: Learning

Label: Matador

Genre: Rock, folk

Comments: Seattle native Mike Hadreas is on the indie rock fast-track: discovered by Los Campesinos!, who got him a UK release for the single "Mr. Peterson" (track 3 on Learning), his project Perfume Genius has been signed by Matador--putting him in the company of Belle & Sebastian, Yo La Tengo, Ted Leo, Sonic Youth, The New Pornographers, et al. Learning is a promising debut of quiet, piano-driven pop rock tunes that expand to include organ and layered synthesizers. For fans of Xiu Xiu and Antony & the Johnsons. Start with "Look Out, Look Out" and "You Won't B Here."