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On The Record

Album reviews in 30 seconds or less.

By Bill Chenevert

Add Comment | Comments: 0 | Posted Jul. 27, 2010

Perfume Genius

Learning

(Matador/Turnstile)

Sounds Like: A Seattle gay goes home to his mother in the woods of Washington and starts crafting painfully emotional and personal songs with a piano.

Free Association: Every song seems performed on the verge of tears, in a good way.

For Fans Of: Sufjan Stevens, Xiu Xiu, Antony and the Johnsons, keeping a journal.

Lost in the Trees

All Alone in an Empty House

(Anti-/Trekky)

Sounds Like: A reissue of the 2008 sophomore LP from North Carolina’s Ari Picker and his small army of orchestral and folk friends creating a lush folk pop dream.

Free Association: Ahhh! It’s from NC; they got lotsa beards n’ weed down there.

For Fans Of: St. Vincent x Joanna Newsom + Bonnie Prince Billy.

Buckcherry