Perfume Genius: 'I've learned not to trust myself'

Porn footage and his mum were two of the inspirations for songs on Mike Hadreas's second album, which, yes, features the same themes of lurid self-loathing as the first. But what does his mother think of it?'Erm," says Mike Hadreas, and then stares quietly at the table. For a couple of moments, only the afternoon roar of the restaurant fills my recorder. Hadreas, the Seattle-based songwriter better known as Perfume Genius, is here to discuss his new album, Put Your Back N 2 It. I have just asked...

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