Twenty-two year old Trevor Powers, whose musical venture is called Youth Lagoon, has had a long year. He’s simply living the life of a kid going to college, being in love, dealing with heartache, and day to day things and not yet dealing with the woes or touring and traveling.
“Youth Lagoon isn’t me.” says Powers. “It’s merely a part of me. I was in and out of different bands in high school and always tried to define myself by what music I played. I tried to find a sense of meaning by being in a band. But it wasn’t until this last year – when I realized I was more than just music – that I was able to create music that means something to me. And that is Youth Lagoon.”
Throughout the course of 2010, Powers began to write an album about things he had a hard time talking about. He claims that when he tries to talk about it to people, he doesn’t make sense. So he wrote an album about it titled The Year of Hibernation.
Although his music seems somewhat dreamy with the first listen, the lyrics show a different side to the matter. Powers claims his music is like letting people read his journal. “I don’t think I could ever write a completely happy album. It’s not that I’m not a happy person,” claims Powers, “but I just have too many things in my mind that haunt me.”
The Year of Hibernation by Youth Lagoon is out Sept. 27 on Fat Possum – more details soon.
You can stream the song “Montana” here: http://soundcloud.com/youth-lagoon/montana
