Heaven Is a Junkyard is the fourth studio album by Boise, Idaho-based musician Trevor Powers' Youth Lagoon project.

Combining piano and electronics, the album has been described as "mutant Americana" and is a blend of country, spiritualism, experimental music, and ambient elements.

Trevor Powers retired the Youth Lagoon project in February 2016 and released two experimental albums under his own name, Mulberry Violence (2018) and Capricorn (2020).

It's stories of brothers leaving for war, drunk fathers learning to hug, mothers falling in love, neighbors stealing mail, cowboys doing drugs, friends skipping school, me crying in the bathtub, dogs catching rabbits, and children playing in tall grass.

[9][8] In the liner notes, Powers dedicates the album to "my brother" Cormac Roth, calling him a "messenger of love, compassion, curiosity, and light — I'll see you in the junkyard.

"[12] The album features extensive use of country elements, such as lap-steel,[13] bass harmonica,[10] and saloon-style upright piano,[11][14] coupled with household objects such as baby monitors and TV static.

[15] Centering around Powers' voice and piano, the album includes the flourishes of electronics and synths that the Youth Lagoon project had become synonymous with.

"Idaho Alien" describes a father-son relationship and references despair through drug use and the indirect suggestion of suicide ("I dont remember how it happened / Blood filled up the clawfoot bath and / I will fear no frontier").

wrote, "Heaven Is a Junkyard will make you feel its spiritual tone and tenor, a superpower that has laid dormant with Youth Lagoon — Powers has found his voice again.

"[30] John Amen of Beats Per Minute wrote, "Heaven Is a Junkyard ... is Powers' most hook-oriented and arresting set, the Idaho-based artist basking in newfound confidence despite his clear awareness that so much of life remains uncontrollable."