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Powers was initially active as Youth Lagoon from 2010 to 2016, after which he announced that he was retiring from the project. [1] He returned to music with a self-titled project in May 2018. [ 2 ] In 2022, he took Youth Lagoon out of retirement with the announcement of a new album [ 3 ] Heaven Is a Junkyard .
In his Pitchfork review, Mark Richardson said, "The record mixes feelings of protection and safety with the tug of adventure and wraps it in compulsively listenable music that explodes at just the right moments," while Consequence of Sound called the album "charming", saying that it "serves as a whimsical introduction to the magic of Youth Lagoon".
Trevor Powers retired the Youth Lagoon project in February 2016 and released two experimental albums under his own name, Mulberry Violence (2018) and Capricorn (2020). [1] [2] [3] In October 2021, Powers experienced a severe reaction to an over-the-counter medication that turned his digestive system upside down and turned his stomach into a "non-stop geyser of acid" coating his larynx and ...
Wondrous Bughouse, Trevor Powers' sophomore record as Youth Lagoon, finds Powers collaborating alongside distinguished mixer/producer Ben H. Allen for the first time. Allen had produced with indie musicians before, previously lending his expertise to lauded records such as experimental pop quartet Animal Collective's influential Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009) and art rock quintet Deerhunter ...
Ian Cohen of Pitchfork gave the album a positive review, stating, "Regardless of the subject matter or the production or the arrangements, the most truly self-searching Youth Lagoon album has Powers realizing he perhaps knew his position of strength all along—the inner child set adrift in the adult world, left to figure it out on his own."
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Capricorn is the second studio album released by American musician Trevor Powers under his own name, after previously releasing three studio albums under the name Youth Lagoon. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It was released on July 29, 2020 via Bandcamp , including a limited edition run of cassette tapes and book, before being released digitally everywhere on ...
[14] Billboard gave the album a mixed review, saying it was, "overall, worth a spin or two, but one hopes there's a better stash left to sample." [ 1 ] Yahoo! Music UK gave the album 3 of 10 stars, and called it "an aimless blur of humming amps, pointless mucking about with effects, dreary jams propelled by meandering guitar interplay, and ...