Perfume Genius Set My Heart On Fire Immediately
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SharkTooth
May 20th 2020


14937 Comments


"Expansive and artistic, but also a little timid."

This has always been what Perfume Genius came off to me as, he's this guy exploring bold sounds, but his vocal delivery comes across as timid and vulnerable. It's a combination I haven't seen anywhere else in music

AmericanFlagAsh
May 20th 2020


13612 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

People really thinking this is a step down huh

This is fucking beautiful, but maybe because I'm homo

rabidfish
May 20th 2020


8781 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

Im pretty sure im in the minority here, consensus seems to be this is at least on par with his other stuff, mostly superior.

Pangea
May 20th 2020


10740 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5

I prefer this to no shape too (and i love no shape a lot). I think i'm going to bump this to a 5 soon

AngryJohnny
May 20th 2020


1028 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

He's had a pretty consistent run over the past 10 years but I'd agree that calling this a little timid is fair. Maybe it will reveal itself a little more with extra listens but it's just a bit plodding at times for me

AmericanFlagAsh
May 20th 2020


13612 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

I guess I don't see the lyrical themes as timid

botulist
May 20th 2020


751 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

it's a music album. lyrics aren't the only aspect that drive a mood home.

AmericanFlagAsh
May 20th 2020


13612 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

And not all music has to be energetic, especially when the music lifts the lyrics up, what's your point?

rabidfish
May 20th 2020


8781 Comments

Album Rating: 2.5

not sure if this is the same point botulist is tryna make, but imo the music is taking some emphasis out of the lyrics, not adding to it.



most of the slower tracks feel adrift, directionless or vacuous.

botulist
May 21st 2020


751 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

my point is that if a song sounds timid to some, then it sounds timid to them. you're the one tackling every small criticism people are bringing up. it's going to be okay.

alamo
May 21st 2020


5764 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"People really thinking this is a step down huh



This is fucking beautiful, but maybe because I'm homo"



yeah this has everything i felt no shape was lacking. besides slip away

Romulus
May 21st 2020


9113 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

took me a few listens to get there but i'm very into this

BigTuna
May 21st 2020


5917 Comments


Whoa Describe is a bop

Sowing
Moderator
May 21st 2020


44509 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Describe is beautiful but definitely not what I'd consider a bop. The distant guitar crunches sound awesome then the way it falls off a cliff into a sea of ambience is really cool.

BigTuna
May 21st 2020


5917 Comments


Very true. But I still think before the ambient latter half, it's definitely a bop or a jam or it goes hard or it slaps.

Sowing
Moderator
May 21st 2020


44509 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Haha I'm not trying to be the lingo police. 'On the Floor' is the biggest bop for me.

AmericanFlagAsh
May 21st 2020


13612 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Agreed this is very much what I wanted No Shape to be, but I love both

BigTuna
May 21st 2020


5917 Comments


No worries Sowing. I'm just trying to keep up with the cool kids.

FuzzyThoughts
May 21st 2020


114 Comments

Album Rating: 3.5

I can see me bumping my rating with time, but for now it just seems like the first half is much stronger than the second. Standouts for me are: "Describe", "Without You", "Jason", and "On the Floor".

alamo
May 22nd 2020


5764 Comments

Album Rating: 5.0

"The distant guitar crunches sound awesome then the way it falls off a cliff into a sea of ambience is really cool." sounds like a bop



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