Youth Lagoon

‏If you’ve never been to the Pacific Northwest, Trevor Powers (a.k.a. Youth Lagoon) not only invites you into his home, but picks you up in his Buick and takes you there. Through the hum of his atmospheric soundscapes draped in nostalgic Americana, the Boise, Idaho native has a penchant for carefully building up soft, synth-laden bedroom ballads into sing-along anthems powered by late surges of drum machine rhythms and claps packaged within a friendly summer camp aesthetic. (Saturday, 3:45-4:45, Blue Stage) –text: Gen Julian Thompson