Youth Lagoon has confirmed his new album ‘Rarely Do I Dream’ for February

Youth Lagoon has announced his new album ‘Rarely Do I Dream’, set for release via Fat Possum on 21st February, alongside new single ‘Speed Freak’.

The project of Idaho-based producer and songwriter Trevor Powers, ‘Rarely Do I Dream’ was inspired by the discovery of home videos in his parents’ basement. “When I took the tapes home and popped in the first one, it was my brother Bobby and I at the state fair. I was 4 years old choking on a corn dog,” Powers says. “If anything’s a summary of life, that is.”

Speaking about lead single ‘Speed Freak’, he reflects, “This song came from a thought I had of giving the angel of death a hug. We spend our whole lives running from this thing we can’t outrun. This body is temporary, but there is no death. Only transformation.”

The album was recorded with co-producer and mixer/engineer Rodaidh McDonald, following Youth Lagoon’s return from an eight-year hiatus with ‘Heaven Is a Junkyard’ in early 2023.

His dates in full read:

MARCH
27 District Bar @ Knitting Factory, Spokane, USA
28 ZACC, Missoula, USA
29 Treefort Fest, Boise, USA

APRIL
3 Aladdin Theater, Portland, USA
4 Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, Canada
5 Upstairs, Victoria, Canada
6 Crocodile, Seattle, USA
8 August Hall, San Francisco, USA
9 The Regent, Los Angeles, USA
10 Casbah, San Diego, USA
11 Club Congress, Tucson, USA
12 Launchpad, Albuquerque, USA
14 Paper Tiger, San Antonio, USA
15 Mohawk, Austin, USA
16 Deep Ellum Art Co, Dallas, USA
18 Exit/In, Nashville, USA
19 Masquerade (Altar), Atlanta, USA
20 Local 506, Chapel Hill, USA
21 The Atlantis, Washington DC, USA
22 The Foundry, Philadelphia, USA
24 Warsaw, Brooklyn, USA
25 White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, USA
26 Space Ballroom, New Haven, USA
27 Middle East Downstairs, Boston, USA
29 La Sala Rossa, Montreal, Canada

MAY
1 Axis, Toronto, Canada
2 El Club, Detroit, USA
3 Grog Shop, Cleveland, USA
4 Whirling Tiger, Louisville, USA
5 Hi-Fi, Indianapolis, USA
7 Outset, Chicago, USA
8 Vivarium, Milwaukee, USA
9 High Noon Saloon, Madison, USA
10 Turf Club, St. Paul, USA
12 Atomic Cowboy, St. Louis, USA
13 The Bottleneck, Lawrence, USA
15 Marquis, Denver, USA
16 Kilby Block Party, Salt Lake City, USA