Wondrous Bughouse

Trevor Powers, whose stage name is Youth Lagoon, began writing his debut album ’The Year of Hibernation’ in 2010. Based around the idea of psychological dysphoria, Powers tried to document the trails of his mind through songs of minimalism andhypnotic ambience. Powers later described his writing process as 'my mindcommunicating with me, not the other way around…it can take me to scary places but I’ve realized those bizarre thoughts I have don’t defi ne me.' After signing with Mississippi-based label Fat Possum Records in 2011, he toured much of the following year before going back into solitude to write. 'Youth Lagoon is something so personal to me because writing music is how I sort my thoughts, as well as where I transfer my fears,' explains Powers. 'My mental state is usually pretty sporadic… a lot of this record was infl uenced by a fear of mortalitybut embracing it at the same time. Realizing that human life is only great because it is temporary. Experimenting with ideas about dimensions. I’m not a gifted speaker, so explaining things is diffi cult for me. But music always makes sense.'