Trevor Powers shares two new tracks alongside news of a new album

The former Youth Lagoon musician has revealed details of his long-awaited debut album. Named Mulberry Violence, Trevor Powers will pursue the release on his own label, Baby Halo.

As well as announcing his new album, Powers also revealed two tracks lifted from the upcoming release, "Ache" and "Plaster Saint".

Following on from previous single "Playwright", Powers is in full pursuit of self preservation as he continues to move away from Youth Lagoon.

Taking a more honest direction, Powers finds comfort in his distorted electronica that is seemingly distant from Youth Lagoon material. However, there's still the small sparkle of slight psychedelia as Powers continues to discover his new sound and identity under his actual name.

Powers also issued a statement about his upcoming album, "Early chronicles have long enveloped mulberry trees in legend. Some say they're the link between heaven and earth. Others say the red berries are stained from the blood of star-crossed lovers. For over 5,000 years, medicine has been made from their leaves, with some cultures claiming them to be a miracle remedy or even the key to eternal life. Although many stories and attributes surround the mulberry tree, they are known most for one reigning characteristic ::: wisdom. Mulberries wait until the danger of frost is completely gone before they begin to bud, at which point the budding occurs overnight. They are patient. They are restrained. They are calculated. They are everything we're not."

"We are tornadoes, sweeping the fields - mutable and unsettled. Storms of impulse; units of destruction. Often our instincts are misguided / lashing out rather than soaking in silence, tuning in to the whispers. Violence is king, and we are its servants ::: eager to please, trained in frenzy, and knowing little else. Since infancy, we've grown used to hearing words far opposite the examples we've been shown. We've been told to douse fires, but we've been handed a torch. Should it be a surprise that the world is burning?"

"Mulberry Violence is the intersection of these two dimensions. It is where stillness meets pandemonium. Dead air meets babel. Harmony meets war. Sisters from the same womb, separated at birth. It serves as a personal document of the everlasting battle inside of us. No one has it figured out; least of all me.”

The package wouldn't be complete without some live dates in hand. Trevor Powers will embark on a US, European and UK tour, kicking off on 26 September in Boise, Idaho, and coming to a close on 4 November in Berlin. He will also perform at London's Electrowerks on 30 October.