About Youth Lagoon
Trevor Powers is an American musician from Boise, Idaho. Powers was initially active as Youth Lagoon from 2010 to 2016, after which he announced that he was retiring from the project. He returned to music with a self-titled project in May 2018. In 2022, he took Youth Lagoon out of retirement with the announcement of a new album Heaven Is a Junkyard. Powers' music has been described as electronic and experimental with elements of pop.
Powers was initially active as Youth Lagoon from 2010 to 2016, and again starting in 2022. Youth Lagoon's music has been described as neo-psychedelia, and includes elements of Americana music and experimental music.
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.
On February 1, 2016, Powers announced on Twitter that his Youth Lagoon project was concluding. On November 10, 2022, Powers announced that he would be releasing a new album as Youth Lagoon.
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