Perfume Genius : Ugly Season

Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas) announces details of his new album,Ugly Season, out June 17th on Matador Records, via a clip by artist and director Jacolby Satterwhite. The clip is taken from a short film featuring Hadreas and music fromUgly Seasonthat is a visual companion to the project.

Satterwhite is known for his immersive multidisciplinary technique that fuses live video, 3-D animation, drawing and print-making. His work has appeared at MoMa, The Smithsonian, The Whitney and the Studio Museum of Harlem. His music video and directing credits include the visual accompaniment to Solanges When I Get Home.

The music ofUgly Seasonwas written for Perfume Genius and choreographer Kate Wallichs immersive dance piece,The Sun Still Burns Here. The work was commissioned by the Seattle Theatre Group and Mass MoCA and was performed via residencies in Seattle, Minneapolis, New York City and Boston t