Thanks to some craze called “chillwave” that defined the hipster summer of 2009, 2010 and 2011 saw an influx of bedroom-pop artists rise to blog buzz stardom. While many of these artists won over fans with an initial DIY appeal and lo-fi aesthetic, it’s now 2013 and these musicians are faced with the challenged of growing up, moving out of their parent’s house and maturing their sound. Youth Lagoon, the bedroom project of the now 22 Trevor Powers, found its way into indie hearts in 2011 with Year of Hibernation . With Wondrous Bughouse , [...]
Youth Lagoon's debut album The Year of Hibernation was a gorgeous piece of work highlighted by the epic " Montana ," a quiet dirge-like song that propelled the album to numerous critical accolades and top ten lists. It was a daring piece of work, with singer, songwriter, and one-man band Trevor Powers opening up about mental illness amidst a stream of quiet minimalism. Its follow-up, Wondrous Bughouse , is a nice try at an expansion of his sound. But, it falls into a trap of extending so far beyond [...]
Youth Lagoon's fuzzy lo-fi aesthetic is refined in Wondrous Bughouse breaking Trevor Powers out of the bedroom creator niche into the realm of alternate universe creator.
Since releasing his debut record The Year Of Hibernation back in 2011, Trevor Powers - better known as YOUTH LAGOON - has returned to his throne with his sophomore LP Wondrous Bughouse . A wonderful album that has been sprinkled with moods, philosophy and quirkiness, Powers has definitely put a lot of time and effort into the crafting and songwriting of his second full length record. An album that entices you to join its bizarre existence in an unknown world, the opening track 'Through Mind And Back' wastes no time [...]
Wondrous Bughouse , Youth Lagoon's follow up to The Year of Hibernation , would probably be the fourth addition to our, imaginary, list of anticipated albums in 2013 (UMO, Foals, Girls Names..) and you can now stream it thanks to NPR. continue reading >>
@FatPossum Género: Dream Pop, Indie Pop. Trevor Powers es Youth Lagoon y el próximo 5 de marzo formalizará un pasaje para la ensoñación. Su segundo largo se titulará Wondrous Bughouse y Dropla el adelanto que lo certifica. Tras, The Year of Hibernation , su estupendo debut, nos llega esta paciente canción, de arranque con cuerdas de arpa, perezosas vocales que van escalando, hasta llegado el último minuto y medio, que perece a través de un expectante viaje submarino. Ganas de [...]
I've been waiting for this. Here's new music from Trevor Powers (aka Youth Lagoon ), off the upcoming sophomore release of Wondrous Bughouse (due March 5 worldwide via Fat Possum). The album spawned from what he describes as "becoming more fascinated with the human psyche and where the spiritual meets the physical world." During the time he wrote, Powers became intrigued with the metaphysical universe and blending those ideas with pop music. "Youth Lagoon is something so personal to me because writing music is how I sort my thoughts, as well [...]
When an artist titles an album Wondrous Bughouse , you have to try to imagine just what bughouse inspired such a title, and the sheer magnitude the bughouse must have been. Today Youth Lagoon released the first taste of new music from the album in the form of the resonant "Dropla", and compared to the majority of the music on his debut album The Year Of Hibernation it's a lot richer [...]
Youth Lagoon "Dropla" Good news, DHM reading humans: Youth Lagoon released a new track on SoundCloud this morning. "Dropla" is the first piece of upcoming Wondrous Bughouse to be offered to public ears. Out 5 March 2013 on Fat Possum, Wondrous Bughouse is easily one of the most anticipated records of this year. Upon first listen, "Dropla" feels more awake than tracks from the first album, more fleshed out. [...]
Trevor Powers, whose stage name is Youth Lagoon , began writing his debut album The Year of Hibernation in 2010. Based around the idea of psychological dysphoria, Powers tried to document the trails of his mind through songs of minimalism and hypnotic ambience. Powers later described his writing process as "my mind communicating with me, not the other way around...it can take me to scary places but I've realized those bizarre thoughts I have don't define me." After signing with Mississippi-based label Fat Possum Records in 2011, he toured much of the following year before going back into solitude [...]
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"Trevor Powers, whose stage name is Youth Lagoon , began writing his debut album The Year of Hibernation in 2010. Based around the idea of psychological dysphoria, Powers tried to document the trails of his mind through songs of minimalism and hypnotic ambiance. Powers later described his writing process as 'my mind communicating with me, not the other way around...it can take me to scary places but I've realized those bizarre thoughts I have don't define me.' After signing with Mississippi-based label Fat Possum Records in 2011, he toured much of the following year before going back into solitude [...]
Trevor Powers - better known to the kids as Youth Lagoon - will be releasing his sophomore album Wondrous Bughouse on March 5th. His debut album The Year of Hibernation was one of our favorites in 2011. Wondrous Bughouse Fat Possum Street Date: March 5, 2013 CD/LP/Digital 1. THROUGH MIND AND BACK 2. MUTE 3. ATTIC DOCTOR 4. THE BATH 5. PELICAN MAN 6. DROPLA 7. SLEEP PARALYSIS 8. THIRD DYSTOPIA 9. RASPBERRY CANE [...]
We're only four days into 2013 and it's already shaping up to be spectacularly beautiful as Trevor Powers has announced he'll be releasing his second Youth Lagoon album on March 5th. Wondrous Bughouse is the follow-up to 20112s hauntingly fragile The Year Of Hibernation and will be released via Fat Possum , as was his debut. It'll feature 10 new tracks, though none of which have been released yet, and [...]
Trevor Powers a.k.a. Youth Lagoon Trevor Powers , mejor conocido como Youth Lagoon , anunció a través de su cuenta oficial en Twitter que su siguiente álbum está listo y espera compartirlo pronto. El músico de indie rock y dream pop hizo el anuncio en el marco del Día de Acción de Gracias y no ofreció más detalles. Youth Lagoon publicó su aclamado álbum debut The Year of Hibernation el pasado 2011 y llegó a México para presentarlo durante el [...]
Earbuddy is excited to announce a new giveaway celebrating Trevor Powers, aka Youth Lagoon . At just 22-years-old, Powers released one of the best DIY bedroom albums of 2011, The Year of Hibernation . Now Insound has curated a new T-shirt line created by Burlesque Design. The Insound|Burlesque Design Project [...]
Witness Youth Lagoon's one-man-army Trevor Powers perform a stripped-back rendition of 'The Hunt', from 20112s sublime debut The Year of Hibernation . -James Godwin, April 22nd, 2012 Related articles Youth Lagoon - 'Goodbye Again' (John Denver Cover) (flick-thru.com) Live: Youth Lagoon - 'July' (flick-thru.com) Introducing: Youth Lagoon (flick-thru.com) Filed under: Music , Video Tagged: Live , [...]
Youth Lagoon and Porcelain Raft: a match made in sleepwalking electro-pop heaven.
Pitchfork 's running a new feature " 60 Seconds Left " that allows musicians to express themselves in a minute time span. The latest artist to become a part of this feature is Trevor Powers , aka Youth Lagoon . Watch him play Vince Guaraldi's Peanuts classic "Linus and Lucy" on the sidewalk below. Read more »
Eric Charles Christenson - his name has the same cadence and a a similar whimsical ring to a certain famous Dutch fabulist. Unlike Hans Christian Anderson however, Eric does not lope across the countryside dishing out morals to eager children, (nor was he ever portrayed by Danny Kaye in a move in 1953.) What he does dish out is tasty earfuls of catchy Indie-pop to the delight of Chippewa Valley Music lovers via Wisconsin Built , his musical collaboration with fellow Eau Claireianite Thom Fountain. The WB recently ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise [...]
Youth Lagoon, the project of 22-year-old Trevor Powers, will be opening for Death Cab for Cutie's orchestral tour in late April and May. Will Youth Lagoon be orchestral as well? Probably not, but you may want to catch one of the shows anyway. Check out the dates below. Read more »
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