Trevor Powers

Powers was initially active as Youth Lagoon from 2010 to 2016,[4] and again in 2022. Youth Lagoon's music has been described as neo-psychedelia,[5] and includes elements of Americana and experimental.[6]

Youth Lagoon's debut album, The Year of Hibernation, was released on Fat Possum Records on September 27, 2011.[7] Based on minimalism and hypnotic ambience melded with atmospheric and electronic elements, the debut explored themes such as psychological dysphoria and mental distress.[6]

Powers' second album, Wondrous Bughouse, was released on March 5, 2013, by Fat Possum.[8] It was spawned from what he described as "becoming more fascinated with the human psyche and where the spiritual meets the physical world."[9] During the time he composed the album, Powers became intrigued with the metaphysical universe and blending those ideas with pop music.[10][11]

Powers' tour in support of Wondrous Bughouse was cut short due to the death of a close friend.[12]

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.[13][14]

In July 2015, Youth Lagoon announced a US tour in support of Savage Hills Ballroom.[15]

On February 1, 2016, Powers announced on Twitter that his Youth Lagoon project was concluding.[16]

In October 2021 after taking an over-the-counter medication, Powers had a drug reaction so severe it turned his stomach into a “non-stop geyser of acid,” coating his larynx and vocal cords for eight months. “I saw seven doctors and multiple specialists. I lost over thirty pounds. No one could help me,” says Powers. By Christmas, he could no longer speak, turning to text messages and a pen and paper as his only ways to communicate. “I wasn’t sure if I’d ever be able to speak again, yet alone sing,” he says. “It all felt symbolic in a way,” he adds. “I’d been swallowing fear all my life and now here it was coming back up. I used to think God watches people suffer. Now I know She suffers with you. That changed everything.”

On November 10, 2022, Powers announced via his Instagram page that he would be releasing a new album as Youth Lagoon.[3]

On February 28, 2023, Powers released the first single Idaho Alien of his long awaited new album Heaven Is a Junkyard set to be released June 9th, 2023 on Fat Possum Records.

On May 2, 2018, Powers announced his return to music by issuing a personal letter[2] along with the single "Playwright", his first song release since 2015. The letter elaborated on Power's self-titled project, highlighting the project as a new work.

On May 20, 2018, he announced that he would release his first album under his own name, Mulberry Violence, in late 2018.[17] Powers released two more singles from the forthcoming album, "Ache" and "Plaster Saint" with a newly penned letter providing more insight into the project:[18]

On July 29, 2020, Powers surprise-released his second album as Trevor Powers, titled Capricorn, along with limited-edition cassettes and booklet designed by Los Angeles-based designer Collin Fletcher, who also designed the artwork for the album.[19]

• Trevor Powers Website