In 2016, the guy from Youth Lagoon said that Youth Lagoon was over, and in 2018 he released this thing under his own name, and in 2022 he said he was Youth Lagoon again and continued putting out Youth Lagoon music. I don’t feel like I really know what this is, but I’ve returned to it more than any album that has been released in the last 10 years. I think it might sound like touching the heart of the world if it had a real, human heart. There is a noise 90 seconds in to the second song that embodies grief so clearly that when it resolves into a descending minor tone exactly two minutes later it feels like being in a collapsing house. I don’t know if I’d call it perfect but it’s certainly a more affecting experience than any other album I can think of in the last decade.
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I went to one of his shows this year based on the poster’s vibes and he ROCKED!!! Such a great concert I was so happily surprised
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@GRAPE Yeah I adore his Youth Lagoon stuff!! Probably why it’s so affecting to hear a version turned inside out
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@YUCK I have to dig in to his recorded stuff I’ve been putting it off..
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