Trevor Powers, better known as Youth Lagoon, recently released a 7" for free through select record stores called "The Knower." This record contained a handwritten URL that led fans to this site that announced a forthcoming LP titled Savage Hills Ballroom.
That album now has a release date, September 25 via Fat Possum Records, and that single has now been put online for your listening pleasure. You can check it out, along with the tracklist and current tour dates, below.
On new track "The Knower" Powers continues to oscillate within his peculiar mixture of mousey and bold as he has in prior releases, but now branches out beyond his typical introspection, crooning more outward lyrics including "Oh, everybody wants to think that they're good at heart / When they're full of hate."
Musically, Powers has added some brass instrumentation and seems to have moved away from the lower-fi tendencies that so characterized his psychedelic tunes in the past. According to NPR, he relocated to Bristol where he lived and worked with producer and engineer Ali Chant (Perfume Genius), taking "a more focused turn toward dark, bittersweet electronic pop."
Savage Hills Ballroom
- Officer Telephone
- Highway Patrol Stun Gun
- The Knower
- No One Can Tell
- Doll's Estate
- Rotten Human
- Kerry
- Again
- Free Me
- X-Ray
Current Tour Dates:
9/10 - Bozeman, MT @ Filling Station
09/11 - Missoula, MT @ Top Hat
09/12 - Boise, ID @ Egyptian Theatre
09/21 - Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
09/24 - London, England @ XOYO
09/26 - Paris, France @ Cafe De La Danse
09/28 - Brussels, Belgium @ Rotonde, Botanique
09/30 - Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Bitterzoet
10/2 - Berlin, Germany @ Magnet Club
10/4 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Jazzhouse