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Wondrous Bughouse in Bloomington, MN
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Youth Lagoon
's second album,
Wondrous Bughouse
, lives up to the first part of its name: the sheer amount of sounds
Trevor Powers
packs into these songs certainly inspire wonder.
The Year of Hibernation
hinted at the sonic depth and detail displayed here, but the size and polish of
's arrangements make the album perfect for listening to under headphones, where every gurgling keyboard and rippling echo can really come to life. Songs like "Mute" show how far
Powers
has come since his debut album: full of sparkling guitars and limpid synths, it's a sonic cathedral rather than the hazy cocoons that used to surround his barely audible vocals.
's upgraded production values don't do much to dismiss the comparisons to forerunners like the
Flaming Lips
-- indeed,
Wayne Coyne
and company would be glad to call tracks such as "Raspberry Cane" their own. However, the album's expansive palette also reveals similarities to
Sun Airway
's gorgeous surfaces, as well as to more traditional psychedelic pop; "Attic Doctor"'s resplendent harpsichords and the stomping beat and churning melody on "Pelican Man" make them seem like
Magical Mystery Tour
outtakes, while "Daisyphobia" could have come straight from
Dark Side of the Moon
. Some of the best moments use
's massive sounds to convey the loneliness
evoked on
: "The Bath" begins with murmured confessions and a rickety keyboard melody, then slowly swells into an epic that retains that vulnerability. On "Dropla,"
examines mortality and spirituality, chanting "you'll never die" in a way that's a little too frantic to be truly reassuring, but is powerful in its urgency all the same. An undeniably impressive-sounding album,
will please fans who loved
for its intricate sonics. ~ Heather Phares
's second album,
Wondrous Bughouse
, lives up to the first part of its name: the sheer amount of sounds
Trevor Powers
packs into these songs certainly inspire wonder.
The Year of Hibernation
hinted at the sonic depth and detail displayed here, but the size and polish of
's arrangements make the album perfect for listening to under headphones, where every gurgling keyboard and rippling echo can really come to life. Songs like "Mute" show how far
Powers
has come since his debut album: full of sparkling guitars and limpid synths, it's a sonic cathedral rather than the hazy cocoons that used to surround his barely audible vocals.
's upgraded production values don't do much to dismiss the comparisons to forerunners like the
Flaming Lips
-- indeed,
Wayne Coyne
and company would be glad to call tracks such as "Raspberry Cane" their own. However, the album's expansive palette also reveals similarities to
Sun Airway
's gorgeous surfaces, as well as to more traditional psychedelic pop; "Attic Doctor"'s resplendent harpsichords and the stomping beat and churning melody on "Pelican Man" make them seem like
Magical Mystery Tour
outtakes, while "Daisyphobia" could have come straight from
Dark Side of the Moon
. Some of the best moments use
's massive sounds to convey the loneliness
evoked on
: "The Bath" begins with murmured confessions and a rickety keyboard melody, then slowly swells into an epic that retains that vulnerability. On "Dropla,"
examines mortality and spirituality, chanting "you'll never die" in a way that's a little too frantic to be truly reassuring, but is powerful in its urgency all the same. An undeniably impressive-sounding album,
will please fans who loved
for its intricate sonics. ~ Heather Phares
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