LAGOON OF YOUTH

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Youth Lagoon - The Year Of Hibernation

Last week I nabbed some tickets to Youth Lagoon’s Splendour sideshow in July, which I’m insanely excited about, so recently I’ve been dedicating a lot of my 30 minute Uni commute to my dear-friend-who-doesn’t-know-we’re-friends-yet, the mastermind behind Youth Lagoon, Trevor Powers.

I couldn’t stop playing this album when it dropped in September last year. And I haven't really stopped since. There’s something about it that lulls you into some weird nostalgic state (with tracks like “July” and “Montana”) and you find yourself thinking about how good childhood was and how stressful Uni is and then you start crying uncontrollably. But then, contrastingly, there’s even more happy songs that you can bop along to, like “Daydream” and “Cannons”. The washed out, lo-fi vocals (which were achieved by recording his own voice echoing in his friend’s basement) seem to have either one of those effects, and sometimes both at the same time.

Favorite track(s):

“July” is probably my #1 tune on The Year Of Hibernation. I look at the song as having two distinct halves. The first almost-three-minutes is almost ambient, with Powers oo-ing and oh-ing in a catchy tune that you’ll probably find yourself whistling on the way to work. Then someone in a car throws rotten fruit at you. Then you're forced to explain to your boss why your clothes are covered in rotten fruit. And then, finally, it kicks in, with the vocals suddenly transforming into a shout. And then the catchy ooo’s are back and OH ITS JUST PERFECT and then it ends and it’s all just so cathartic and nostalgic and oh crap I’m crying again. Superb track.

(Also, you should definitely watch the video clip. It’s one of my favourite clips ever. It’s super intense and reminds me of the movie 'Melancholia').