Originally written by Luke Slater · 6 February 2012
In a couple of weeks' time (February 20) a new Perfume Genius record is released, through Organs (Turnstile). It's the follow-up to the hugely acclaimed and largely excellent debut, Learning. This one's called Put Your Back N 2 It and now there's a batch of Perfume Genius UK and European tour dates in May. Have a peek below...
May: 7 – Sheffield, Lantern Theatre 8 – Glasgow, Captain’s Rest 9 – Manchester, The Deaf Institute 10 – London, St Pancras Old Church 12 – Brighton, Unitarian Church @ The Great Escape 13 – Bath, Chapel Arts 14 – London, St Pancras Old Church
...and now for those mainland European dates, also in May.
16 – Brussels, Botanique 17 – Amsterdam, Amstekkerk 19 – Rotterdam, Paradijs Chrich 20 – Cologne, Gebaude 9 21 – Hamburg, Prinzebar 22 – Berlin, Privat Club 24 – Paris,Divan Du Monde
The other week a new Perfume Genius video came out, for 'Hood'. Plenty of people seemed to talk more about an advert for it being banned from YouTube rather than the video itself. Nevertheless you can watch it below...