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-The Year of Hibernation, inspired melodies by Youth Lagoon
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The debut LP from Boise, Idaho’s Trevor Powers has all the sonic hallmarks of a bedroom project– lyrics that reference childhood, thin production, reverb– but manages to stand out from its lo-fi peers thanks to a sense of wide-eyed adventure.
Powers writes melodies you remember and has an excellent ear for arrangement, even if the songs are rendered crudely. He sees the world through the eyes of a kid just venturing out into it, and he’s not trying to seem older than his years.
Which makes sense, since Hibernation is a record for pulling up the covers and dreaming and then venturing out to the town to see the strange and magical world of encroaching adulthood.