The album will be released on 5 May
Mike Hadreas – better known as Perfume Genius – has announced today (21 March) that he’ll be releasing his fourth album No Shape in May via Matador Records.
Additionally, Hadreas has shared a video for the track Slip Away.
Directed by the frequent Björk collaborator Andrew Thomas Huang, the theatrical clip portrays the close bond between two sisters – one of whom is played by Hadreas himself – running through dreamy, fantastical lands.
Repeated scenes depict the two sharing an apple in a sunlit field, and the visual closes with a clip of the pair embracing as the world burns before them.
The artist began writing the album in his home, based in the suburban area of Tacoma, before recording it with producer Blake Mills in LA.
On the album, Hadreas says in the press release: “There’s something freeing about how I don’t have it figured out. Unpacking little morsels, magnifying my discomfort, wading through buried harm, laughing at or digging in to the embarrassing drama of it all. I may never come out the other side but it’s invigorating to try and hopefully, ultimately helpful.”
In a biography for the album, writer Choire Sicha says, “Some of these songs are about being equal and some are about the witchcraft of believing. This is church music the same way Prince’s Black Album is – too dirty. It’s femme art pop the way Kate Bush’s The Dreaming is – too scary.”
No Shape will follow up from the artist’s 2014 breakthrough album Too Bright.
You can view the new artwork and tracklist below.
Revisit Crack’s conversation with Perfume Genius on how he’s figuring things out.
Tracklist
1. Otherside
2. Slip Away
3. Just Like Love
4. Go Ahead
5. Valley
6. Wreath
7. Every Night
8. Choir
9. Die 4 You
10. Sides (feat. Weyes Blood)
11. Braid
12. Run Me Through
13. Alan