After reviewing Youth Lagoon’s debut album earlier this month, I was fortunate enough to interview Trevor Powers, the man behind the much acclaimed Boise-based band. What follows is a portion of that interview.
A lot of a smaller bands nowadays seem really discouraged about their local music scenes, but you seem very enthusiastic about Boise’s. Why is that? What makes Boise special?
I’m enthusiastic about it because most of the scene is made up of my friends, and I can see their work ethic growing which is in turn slowly making Boise’s music scene a more lively and exciting place. It’s definitely still small, but there are people here that truly believe in the art they’re creating and there is a lot of beauty in that.
Many articles and reviews have focused on the fact that ‘The Year of Hibernation’ was recorded in your bedroom. What was that process like?
It actually wasn’t recorded in my bedroom. I wrote the majority of the songs in my bedroom, but I actually recorded them at a friend of mine’s home studio. His name is Jeremy Park. The process worked really well because I would lay all my ideas down on the table, and even take detailed notes about tracks before trying to accomplish that. Jeremy brought a lot to the table, too, because we bounced ideas off of each other, and in the end, just did whatever felt right. There really wasn’t much of a formula.
Now that you’re touring for the first time, which stop has been the most memorable thus far?
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