Every Monday, 88Nine music director Erin Wolf shares a sonic gem she found using her nearly 20 years of new-music exploration experience. You can hear all her discoveries at 2 p.m. every Sunday on What’s All This: Adventures in New Music.
Boise-based indie electro-folk artist Trevor Powers (aka Youth Lagoon) radiates healing vibes that come with true growth on his latest song, “Lucy Takes a Picture.”
“Once in a while, there’s a song that feels like I’ve been trying to write it my whole life. ‘Lucy’ is one of those,” Powers shared about the track’s genesis. “My only concern now with music is bringing the inner world to life. It’s not about making something better; it’s about making something true. Songs were a lot harder to write when I hated myself. When my soul changed, my music did too.”
“Lucy Takes a Picture” seems to ride Powers’ wave of self-love — with a radiance grounded by piano and percussion, wrapped in electronics and poetry. I’m hoping this song signals the start of Youth Lagoon’s next album. In the meantime, catch it on Fat Possum Records and on 88Nine’s airwaves on the regular as part of our playlist.
You can also listen to “Lucy Takes a Picture” and all the new songs from this episode using the player at the top of the page or the show’s Spotify playlist. Then be sure to check out a fresh batch of tunes on What’s All This at 2 p.m. Sundays on 88Nine.
Episode playlist
- Okay Kaya, “The Groke”
- Nemahsis, “stick of gum”
- Fana Hues, “Rental”
- Vince Staples, “Shame On The Devil (ft. Baby Rose)”
- mui zyu, “please be ok (ft. Miss Grit)”
- Golden Bug, “Hi No Tori (ft. The Limiñanas & Vega Voga)”
- The Besnard Lakes, “(Dizzy) Eagle”
- Youth Lagoon, “Lucy Takes a Picture”
- Katy J Pearson, “These Goodbyes”
- Horse Jumper of Love, “Those Goodbyes”
- Rui Gabriel, “Summertime Tiger (ft. Stef Chura)”
- Nathaniel Russell, “Silver”
