The Top 30 Albums Of 2020 (So Far): Perfume Genius - 'Set My Heart On Fire Immediately'

"Mike Hadreas has confidently dropped an intense album of brilliantly realised pop songs." - Guido Farnell

As the quivering vocals mirror that synthesiser bouncing from from one ear to the other, the opening few seconds of opener Whole Life announces Set My Heart On Fire Immediately to the world. 

The nom de plume of US singer/songwriter Mike Hadreas, Perfume Genius continues to flourish in his element as a genre-defying, expectation-destroying catalyst for modern pop. 

While many artists in Hadreas’ field openly struggle with their transition out of the prototypical “young pop star” motif, Perfume Genuis pushes the envelope as he always has, and continues to bring truth, emotion and raw sincerity to everything he does.