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The first two tracks here are very easily the best - the rest is inoffensive indie pop with the occasional melody that grabs you. Love the drums on If You Don't Believe in Love and the lively prod on I Wanna Be Loved By You but the rest mostly just passed by me.

Partially a return to the more subdued sound of his earlier career, Glory is the third great album this decade by Perfume Genius.

Beginning with two back to back bangers, the rest of Glory features more of the abstract/moody sound palette of Ugly Season (Capezio) and art pop grandeur of No Shape (In A Row, Left for Tomorrow). I don’t know how I never noticed that his lyrics often tend to be stitched-together ideas rather than a full statement meant to bring forth one specific feeling, ... read more

Serviceable indie pop that’s the right amount of energetic, but falls short where an album like this has to excel to stand apart - the melodies. Songs like Game and the lead-single Love on the Outside seem to be hiding the lack of a good hook behind a wall of fuzz. It’s still a decent throwback album but that’s about it.

Evergreen is familiar territory for soccer mommy. Heavy with the warm domesticity of her bedroom/DIY indie rock, it doesn't stray far from her signature sound and it doesn't need to.

The personal writing and her inviting voice is all she needs to create a short, sweet, 40 minutes project that has all the intimacy of a long phone call with a friend.