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Savage Hills Ballroom

Youth Lagoon

Savage Hills Ballroom

Trevor Powers' third album of neo-psychedelic dream pop, produced by Ali Chant (Perfume Genius, Gruff Rhys)

ADM rating[?]

6.6

Label
Fat Possum
UK Release date
25/09/2015
US Release date
25/09/2015
  1. 8.6 |   Earbuddy

    Trevor Powers has produced another remarkable album in a discography that seems to be ever-expanding, never content to stick with one style, yet consistently delivering a style fully his own
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    Powers has expanded the Youth Lagoon sound without losing any of the intimacy of his bedroom pop beginnings
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  3. 8.0 |   Uncut

    Forever surfing skywards on euphoric dreamrock currents. Print edition only

  4. 8.0 |   DIY

    He could tell stories for days, and he compresses tragic, ponderous tales into striking songs backed by strings and wild instrumentation
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  5. 7.5 |   Under The Radar

    Savage Hills Ballroom has highlights worth celebrating. Three albums in, Youth Lagoon will likely remain as lauded as before
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  6. 7.5 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    On his third album, Powers is back to building, but he’s ditched the pillow forts in favor of more ambitious frameworks, surpassing even the wonders of Bughouse… musically
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  7. 7.2 |   Pitchfork

    The most truly self-searching Youth Lagoon album
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  8. 7.0 |   The Music

    An incredibly textured album full of nighttime philosophising
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  9. 6.7 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Not to say that Ballroom lacks the charms and flourishes that signify a Youth Lagoon record; they’re just honed to their bare essentials
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  10. 6.0 |   NOW

    The 26-year-old from Boise, Idaho, sounds bolder, the production is crisper, and the wondrous effects that characterized his dreamy sound have nearly disappeared
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    An acquired taste, but those who enjoy a bitter pill will swallow it whole. Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   Gig Soup

    Demonstrates Power’s unpredictability and it will certainly be interesting to see which direction he chooses to take Youth Lagoon in next
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  13. 5.0 |   Slant Magazine

    Powers is blessed with one of the more appealingly idiosyncratic voices in indie rock, a kind of eunuchoid Appalachian warble
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  14. 2.5 |   Spectrum Culture

    Can a band thrive when it’s stripped of everything that made it unique?
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