Perfume Genius has shared details of a new album, titled Glory.
Spanning 11 tracks, the new record was made collaboratively by the artist, real name Mike Hadreas, alongside a group of musicians that included various figures who have joined him while on tour in the past, while Aldous Harding appears as a guest artist on one cut.
In a press release, Hadreas described Glory as his “most directly confessional” body of work to date, and added that it explores the “back and forth between internal and external”.
To mark the album’s announcement, he’s shared a video for lead single ‘It’s A Mirror’, which you can watch below.
Speaking in detail about the track, Hadreas said: “I wake up overwhelmed even when nothing is going on. I spend the rest of the day trying to regulate, which I prefer to do at home alone with my thoughts. But why? They are mostly bad. They also haven’t really changed for decades. I wrote ‘It’s a Mirror’ while stuck in one of these isolating loops, seeing that something different and maybe even beautiful is out there but not quite knowing how to venture out. I have a lot more practice keeping the door closed.”
Matador will release Glory on March 28, 2025.
