One of the most haunting and mesmerizing songs that I have ever heard is Typhoon’s Summer Home. Since I first heard it back in 2011, I have been a fan of the art and artistry of this Portland, OR band. Lead by Kyle Morton, this very large at times band (11 members) has released some remarkable albums over the years. Now, this past week without any prior notice, the band released their fifth album, Sympathetic Magic.
This is a much more gentle and intimate album than their last album, Offerings. And that’s just about right, right now. As Morton wrote on the band’s website, ‘Back to basics. Compelled to isolation by the global pandemic, I wrote most of these songs in the summer of 2020 while quietly sitting in the backyard, contemplating the strangeness of life….. As the title suggests, the songs have to do with that specifically human magic - the symbolic world that we co-create and inhabit just by being a person among other people, through our countless, complex, and beautifully, painfully ordinary interactions.’
I got lost in this album and I suspect that you will too. Sympathetic Magic is another outstanding and memorable album by a very special band.
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