Video: Youth Lagoon Performs “The Hunt”

On his debut, The Year of Hibernation, and in live settings, Trevor Powers’ vocals often arrive drenched in reverb. While plenty of echo suits the mood of his tunes well in those contexts (giving them a lush sonic landscape that feels at once expansive and forlorn), here’s proof that this material can be just as moving in the most natural of settings: Boise, Idaho’s Foothills.

“For me, this is how the song basically started before adding any production on top,” he tells the team behind this clip, Deer Lodge. “It means something.” Enjoy the pastoral side of Youth Lagoon after the jump: