Youth Lagoon
The Year of Hibernation
Fat Possum
2011
Rating: 5.5 summer loves out of 10
I've had folks trying to sell me on Youth Lagoon and his debut album "The Year of Hibernation" for a few months now, so I finally broke down and gave it a listen. Verdict - it ain't doing much for me. Far from being bad or awful, it's just...boring. Lo-fi bedroom pop, it sounds like what you might get if Grandaddy's Jason Lytle had a kid who was really into Sparklehorse and recording songs where he sets up a tape deck at one end of a long hall, and performs them at the other end. After a couple of listens the only song that stood out to me was "Montana", and that is most like due to it being the loudest/most upbeat song on the release. I'm certain this is going to get a lot of year-end love, and that's fine, though misplaced in my estimation.
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