Youth Lagoon Announces New Album ‘Rarely Do I Dream’ & 2025 Spring Tour Dates

Youth Lagoon, the project of Idaho-based musician Trevor Powers, confirmed a new album, Rarely Do I Dream, due out on February 21 via Fat Possum Records. The producer and singer-songwriter also shared 2025 Spring Tour dates around the LP, which he previewed with lead single, “Speed Freak.”

Youth Lagoon’s tour begins on March 27 in Spokane (Washington) and continues on March 28 in Missoula (Montana). On March 29, Powers will play in Boise as part of the Treefort Festival. The tour resumes on April 3 in Portland (Oregon), followed by a show on April 4 in Vancouver and April 5 in Victoria. On April 6, Youth Lagoon heads to Seattle before traveling to San Francisco on April 8.

The next stops include Los Angeles on April 9 and San Diego on April 10. Youth Lagoon will perform in Tucson (Arizona) on April 11 and Albuquerque (New Mexico) on April 12. The tour heads to Texas with shows in San Antonio on April 14, Austin on April 15 and Dallas on April 16.

On April 18, Youth Lagoon will play in Nashville (Tennessee), followed by a performance in Atlanta on April 19. Powers visits Chapel Hill (North Carolina) on April 20, Washington on April 21, and Philadelphia on April 22. The next stops are Brooklyn on April 24 and Jersey City (New Jersey) on April 25, followed by New Haven (Connecticut) on April 26 and Boston on April 27.

Youth Lagoon travels to Montreal on April 29 and Toronto on May 1. They will perform in Detroit on May 2 and Cleveland on May 3, with a stop in Louisville (Kentucky) on May 4 and Indianapolis on May 5. Youth Lagoon visits Chicago on May 7, Milwaukee on May 8 and Madison (Wisconsin) on May 9 before a show in St. Paul (Minnesota) on May 10.

The tour continues in St. Louis on May 12, Lawrence (Kansas) on May 13 and Denver on May 15. It concludes on May 16 in Salt Lake City.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 10 at 10 a.m. local.

Youth Lagoon’s last album, Heaven Is a Junkyard, arrived in 2023. That record marked Trevor Powers’ return to Youth Lagoon after “retiring” the project in 2016. Two Trevor Powers albums, Mulberry Violence and Capricorn, followed in 2018 and 2020 respectively.

Powers is now set to release Youth Lagoon’s fifth studio album, Rarely Do I Dream. Trevor detailed Rarely Do I Dream lead single, “Speed Freak”:

“This song came from a thought I had of giving the angel of death a hug,” Powers says. “We spend our whole lives running from this thing we can’t outrun. This body is temporary, but there is no death. Only transformation. A door opens when you learn to let go of the identity you’ve been building your whole life. Someone told me a couple years ago, ‘I have good news for you and I have bad news. The bad news is Trevor is doomed. There’s no hope for Trevor. The good news is — you’re not Trevor.’ When I heard that, it clicked.”

Watch the music video for Youth Lagoon’s “Speed Freak,” directed by longtime collaborator Tyler T. Williams, below:

Rarely Do I Dream Tracklist:

1. Neighborhood Scene
2. Speed Freak
3. Football
4. Gumshoe (Dracula From Arkansas)
5. Seersucker
6. Lucy Takes a Picture
7. Perfect World
8. My Beautiful Girl
9. Canary
10. Parking Lot
11. Saturday Cowboy Matinee
12. Home Movies (1989-1993)