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Perfume GeniusPut Your Back N 2 It81 Based on 14 reviews 2012 Ranking: #19 / 227
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With an overall feel that suggests an ever-growing sense of confidence and belief in his compositions, it presents an intriguing picture of where he may go in future.
While there are utterly heartbreaking moments throughout, they are usually balanced with enough optimism and hope to make every tear a little easier to swallow.
Mike Hadreas' work is not only satisfying on a purely musical level, it also feels of-the-moment and above all necessary
It's not that the album lacks any sort of immediacy, it will be loved from the first listen given the right context, but instead that most of what it has to offer is its emotion.
These compositions, from Hadreas' distinctive, fragile vocal through to the orchestration behind the compositions themselves represents a significant progression from the bolt-from-the-blue that was Learning.
Hadreas, now with unfettered access to a studio, makes the best of his surroundings to bolster his raw emotions with affecting arrangements that have so much gravity that you can’t help but drift into his orbit.
Put Your Back N 2 It is essentially a conversation between a man and his piano, and letting us intrude into his deeply personal thoughts is his cunning way of seeking validation.
Put Your Back captures that universal feeling love songs tap into, only to expand the scope of what and whose experiences are accounted for.
It’s a shame he doesn’t experiment more with a fuller sound, however, because much of Put Your Back N 2 It’s bleak mood feels calculated rather than organic.
Put Your Back N 2 It is lush and warm, wrapping just enough instrumentation around Hadreas and his piano to add accent and/or to drive home the lyrics' suggested pros or consequences.
Learning
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| 89 | Beats Per Minute [src] |
| 84 | Pitchfork [src] |
| 80 | AllMusic [src] |
| 80 | Coke Machine Glow [src] |
| 80 | Consequence of Sound [src] |
| 80 | Drowned in Sound [src] |
| 80 | NME [src] |
| 80 | No Ripcord [src] |
| 80 | PopMatters [src] |
| 80 | The 405 [src] |
| 75 | A.V. Club [src] |
| 70 | Under The Radar [src] |
| 60 | Spin [src] |
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