About Youth Lagoon
Trevor Powers , better known by his stage name Youth Lagoon, is an American musician from Boise, Idaho. Youth Lagoon's music has been described as neo-psychedelia, and includes elements of pop, Americana, electronic and experimental music.
Powers was initially active as Youth Lagoon between 2010 and 2016, releasing three studio albums – The Year of Hibernation , Wondrous Bughouse and Savage Hills Ballroom – before announcing his retirement from the project. He returned to music in 2018, releasing two studio albums under his own name, before announcing the return of his Youth Lagoon moniker in 2022.
Working closely with producer Rodaidh McDonald, Powers released his fourth Youth Lagoon album, Heaven Is a Junkyard, in 2023 to widespread critical acclaim. The album was followed by Rarely Do I Dream in 2025, to further acclaim, with its lyrical content rooted in boyhood memoir and old-world folklore and incorporates samples from home movies.
Youth Lagoon's debut album, The Year of Hibernation, was released on Fat Possum Records on September 27, 2011. Based on minimalism and hypnotic ambience melded with atmospheric and electronic elements, the debut explored themes such as psychological dysphoria and mental distress.
Youth Lagoon's second album, Wondrous Bughouse, was released on March 5, 2013, by Fat Possum. It was spawned from what he described as "becoming more fascinated with the human psyche and where spirituality meets the physical world." During the time he composed the album, Powers became intrigued with metaphysics and he blended those ideas with pop music. Youth Lagoon's tour in support of Wondrous Bughouse was cut short due to the death of a close friend of Powers.
On November 12, 2014, Powers announced, via Twitter, that writing for his third album had been finished. Recording started in January 2015. The July 10, 2015, release of "The Knower", a free single-sided 7" single, marked the announcement of his third album, Savage Hills Ballroom, released on September 25, 2015. In July 2015, Youth Lagoon announced a US tour in support of Savage Hills Ballroom.
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