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Trevor Powers, the Idaho musician known as Youth Lagoon, has found what used to be destructive is now what gives him life. Ive never felt truly comfortable. Its this feeling of uneasiness that follows me everywhere I go because my thoughts never shut up, says Powers. It used to exhaust me, but Ive learned discomfort is invaluable. Safety makes us numb. Its when we find ourselves in territories were unfamiliar with that we can really grow.
While on tour throughout Europe, Powers received a phone call from home informing him that one of his closest friends had drowned in the local river. After cancelling the tour and flying home for the funeral, the following months marked a defining shift in Powers approach to songwriting. Just how entwined we are never truly hit me before that, claims Powers. We are all connected. Even strangers. Our existence is one dazzling pattern that repeats itself endlessly. What makes us distinct is our flaws. In our defects lies something great.
Youth Lagoons third album, Savage Hills Ballroom, is rooted in discomfort, rather than avoiding it. Influenced by societys desire to exude a flawless existence, the albums musical direction and visual aspects were conceived on Powers late-night walks through Idahos suburbs. When I see rows and rows of seemingly ideal houses, I cant help but think that humanity has an innate craving to look perfect. And usually the better someones life seems from the outside, the more theyre hiding, states Powers. Ive had a lot of barriers for a long time that I havent let people past, and Ive gotten really sick of playing pretend.
Shortly after meeting co-producer Ali Chant through a series of webcam chats, Powers relocated to Bristol in the UK for two months to record Savage Hills Ballroom at Toybox Studios, an underground recording space in a vaulted Georgian basement.
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