Put Your Back N 2 It

metacritic

rollingstone

Rock and roll is generally about magnifying power; instead, Mike Hadreas amps up vulnerability. That can be powerful, too: witness the mighty shiver of a croon throughout his second LP (not to mention that homoerotic ad for it that YouTube cowardly refused). Violence and creepy sex haunt these sparse songs; "string it up on a […]

pitchfork

Mike Hadreas' powerful second album addresses personal traumas like physical abuse, drug addiction, and desperation, but, unlike his 2010 debut Learning, some light shines through the darkness.