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The Year of Hibernation - Youth Lagoon
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79 out of 100

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8.9 out of 10

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  • Summary: Recorded in his bedroom, Trevor Powers' songs on his debut album were influenced by his personal feelings and struggles with anxiety.
  • Record Label: Fat Possum
  • Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock, Dream Pop, Noise Pop, Neo-Psychedelia
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. musicOMH.com
    Nov 15, 2011
    90
    The Year Of Hibernation is a powerful bit of emotional alchemy, arresting and enchanting in its naked simplicity, and Powers has accomplished a tour de force far beyond his bedroom walls or his 22 years.
  2. Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
    Oct 26, 2011
    88
    Youth Lagoon will never reproduce anything like The Year of Hibernation. I think in 2011, this is called The Bon Iver Effect. The result of fame is that Powers will never be in this place again. But maybe that's best.
  3. Q Magazine
    Dec 15, 2011
    60
    This debut collection of lo-fi chillwave-esque electronics and introspective song fragments locates itself deftly between Animal Collective's strung-out post-rock and the drum machine-powered sketches of Casiotone For The Painfully Alone.[Dec. 2011 p. 137]
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  1. ResonantPassage
    9
    It is a story and concept that seems to be the trend nowadays in indie music. Kid creates lo-fi music in his bedroom on his own, and then somehow becomes a surprise success. At first glance, it seems Youth Lagoon’s Trevor Powers is but another artist riding the wave of buzz and hype that fuels this current movement. Does the world need another introverted, bedroom-recording musician? After repeated listens of Youth Lagoon’s Year of Hibernation, the answer is an unequivocal and definitive yes... check out the rest of the review at http://www.resonantpassage.net/2011/09/26/youth-lagoon-year-of-hibernation/… Expand
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