Hear Perfume Genius cover Leonard Cohen’s ‘Bird On The Wire’
Perfume Genius performed a cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Bird On The Wire’ for a residency at Los Angeles’ KCRW station yesterday (September 8).The musician, real name Mike Hadreas, also played ‘On The Floor’ and ‘Jason’, from his latest album ‘Set My Heart On Fire Immediately’.Explaining his vision for the cover, Hadreas said he imagined playing it with a “big pipe organ”.“If I could play this cover anywhere, I think I’d want to play in a big church with a big pipe organ, or if we could somehow get the pipe organ into like a deep dark cave,” he said, before launching into his rendition of the song.Listen to the full set below, with the Cohen cover at the 9-minute mark.Hadreas also provided context for the second single off ‘Set My Heart On