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- Summary: The latest full-length release from Trevor Powers as Youth Lagoon was inspired by home videos of his childhood and was co-producer with Rodaidh McDonald.
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- Record Label: Fat Possum
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Feb 20, 2025Every listen of Rarely Do I Dream brings with it a slice of humanity, a time machine and an embrace you’ll carry with you.
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Feb 20, 2025Rarely Do I Dream is vital and exciting, and shows its audience, maybe for the first time, a Trevor Powers with a solid foundation and lots of gas in the tank.
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Feb 21, 2025Rarely Do I Dream points more to the intersection of pop and mysticism. There’s less immediate hook appeal but more depth. These tracks brim with heartfelt sophistication and aesthetic refinement. The album is a resonant and crucial next step in Powers’ pop odyssey.
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Feb 19, 2025Rarely Do I Dream is another beautiful album from Powers, which seems to be a constant, no matter what name he chooses to record his music under. It manages to sound both nostalgic and contemporary, full of songs that evoke the warm glow of childhood, but with a creeping menace never too far away.
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Feb 19, 2025The album evokes a powerful sense of longing: a yearning for the connection, understanding, and beauty found in fleeting moments. In the hiss and fuzz of splintered memories and reveries, Powers draws us into a past that lingers, soft and near, just within reach.
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Feb 19, 2025Rarely Do I Dream blurs the mystique of an artist whose honest songwriting made listeners feel like insiders with the musician and introduces the world to the full potential of Youth Lagoon.
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MojoFeb 19, 2025Through dry humour, love songs as tender as Tim Hardin's, tremolo guitars and intensely moving samples Powers reveals a psyche reborn. [Mar 2025, p.93]