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    Perfume Genius Is Still Figuring Out How To Be In Love

    Mike Hadreas' new album as Perfume Genius, No Shape, centers on his relationship with boyfriend Alan Wyffels. The couple tells NPR's Rachel Martin about making music as recovering addicts and gay men.
    by Barton Girdwood May 09, 2017 3 minutes
    Eight years into his relationship, Perfume Genius' Mike Hadreas says, "it still doesn't feel intuitive. It always feels sort of strange and almost mystical."

    A rock star makes it big, gets hooked on substances and lands in rehab. The rest of the artist's career is viewed as a comeback. Recognize this pattern? Well, Mike Hadreas, the heart of the band Perfume Genius, is a rock star in reverse — because his career started in rehab.

    Hadreas' first three albums explored the dark places that led him to addiction. But his new album, , is about life after recovery. He makes that quite literal on the opening track, "Otherside." Soft piano plays

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