Youth Lagoon at The Drunken Unicorn, March 22, 2012
Well, isn't this awesome? Boise, Idaho's Youth Lagoon, who released The Year of Hibernation album last year, a critically acclaimed collection of self-produced "bedroom recordings," has released Dropla, a preview track from his next CD, Wondrous Bughouse, and it sounds even better than his first recording. Instead of being a sort of indie one-hit wonder, it appears that young Trevor Powers is learning as he goes and is actually still getting better!
The song builds to an early (for a nearly six minute song) emotional climax with its "You'll never die" refrain before dissolving into a moody, repeated piano riff. Far from being self-indulgent, the sustained length of this new piece shows Mr. Powers' trust in his songwriting skills, and confidence in his ability to hold an audiences' attention.
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