Rarely Do I Dream
*Rarely Do I Dream* is Trevor Powers’ fifth album as Youth Lagoon and second since he reemerged in 2023 with *Heaven Is a Junkyard* after a seven-year break. Finding Powers sifting through the universe he’s created, discovering joy in what others paint as mundane, it begins with a shuffling drum groove and an audio sample taken from a home movie, setting the DIY, homespun tone for the album. “Speed Freak” features a distorted bass melody and clanging drums accented by a dash of cassette-tape hiss. “Parking Lot” is a gorgeous piano ballad that puts its title in a romantic light. “What a parking lot,” he marvels. “Eight little spaces/Don’t let him lose/Let him cruise for the spot.”
On a record combining driving rhythms, cinematic synths, and snatches of home videos, Trevor Powers sketches a gothic frontier strewn with fabled characters and blood relations.
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Rarely Do I Dream by Youth Lagoon album review by Sydney Peterson for Northern Transmissions, the LP is now available via Fat Possum