Youth Lagoon - Heaven Is A JunkyardYouth Lagoon the beloved project of Trevor Powers returns with the announcement of Heaven Is a Junkyard, his first new album in eight years, out June 9th on Fat Possum, and a new single video, " Idaho Alien." With whispers of country, Heaven Is a Junkyard is mutant Americana in a world of love, drugs, storytelling, and miracles held together by Powers' voice and an upright piano. In Powers' own words, " Heaven Is a Junkyard is about all of us. It's

Thank-you for trusting us with your bodies

based on GRAMMY Award-nominated cellist Seth Parker Woods' multimedia concert tour de force

and the open-ended jazz label ECM Records

and lives in isolation above an abandoned tin mine in Cornwall

Andreas Staier

they were fascinated to discover the degree of musical and biographical connections the composers shared - the many ways these five composers inspired and had a reciprocal influence on one another

Doug Stein

clown-hating

being anything but basic

Their voices are a bit worn from over two decades of daily performing and travel under not always the best of conditions

It is also a very fine recital by a superbly talented musician who is gathering fans like a rock star

velvet voice bringing a unique sound and style