The year’s single most powerful musical moment might be what happens after Mike Hadreas sings “No family’s safe when I sashay” on “Queen.” It’s a “WHOOF,” a sort of thundering grunt, a sound you might expect to hear on a Kanye West anthem. For Hadreas, who used to make delicate and beautiful piano ballads (and who sometimes still does), that’s the sound of power being harnessed. Too Bright is just as much about gay identity as his previous albums, but it’s also about gay power. With Portishead’s Adrian Utley and PJ Harvey’s John Parish as co-conspirators, Hadreas has found a grand, dark, orchestral glamor, and it looks good on him. –Tom [LISTEN]