Crazy Zany Radio Sunday - 'All Waters' by Perfume Genius

Every week our contributors will voice their opinion concerning one song, it’s a simple as that! The more the merrier, so people are always welcome to join in, just leave a note, eh.

Track: ‘All Waters’ by Perfume Genius (click here to listen)

Average grade: 6.5

Ilse: I completely adored Perfume Genius' debut, it was one of those albums that creates the strange affinity that probably defines aesthetics: his fragile voice and music instantly and inexplicably made me feel emotional, up to the point where you feel it pierces your soul, your stomach is filled with rocks and the lumps in your throat won't go away no matter how much you swallow. In this new song, the dreaminess and fragility that marked his sound on 'Learning' remain, yet it is not as poignant as for example 'Lookout Lookout' or 'Mr. Peterson'. Still: can't bloody wait for this album to come out.
 6.8

Anna: This is a beautifully stripped down affair - it may feel subdued but it will envelop you to the point of no return and whisper heartbreak in your ear. Look at me going all soft in the holidays.

Grade: 7.5

Linda: Well, this one's a bit dull. Perfume Genius managed to sweep me off my feet with his last album, but if he's producing this kind of drivel for his next one, I doubt whether I'll hang around long enough to hear the whole thing.

4/10

Craig: The film is over and we've all learned that something terrible lives inside of each of us.  There is no hope any longer for the characters, nor for us.  We feel the wind that blows dust and ash over the bodies on the unwashed floorboards.  They're as still as the droning music; all of them dead.  The fire is burning in slow motion, steadily inches toward them with aim to obliterate.  After an agonizing slow fade, we are left to ourselves in silence and darkness.
7/10

Stef: I have to admit that it took me a while to warm up to this, perhaps because it is over so darn fast. But typing this way past midnight and suddenly it hits home. There is this sense of yearning and aching in this track that manages to ooze out in it’s oh so short running time. It does find that connection to your emotions, though I think that the album as a whole and the entire running time of it will do it more justice.

7/10