FRI FEB 23
Typhoon w/Wild Ones, Amenta Abioto; Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside
After a five-year hibernation, Typhoon finally released their fourth record Offerings last month, and now the 11-piece indie rock band is rolling back into Portland for a hometown show at the Crystal Ballroom. Across 14 tracks, frontman Kyle Morton illustrates the struggle of a character who’s losing his memory. Though this existential dread lingers in every dark corner, the band still manages to coax out those catchy, orchestral melodies that helped their last album, 2013’s White Lighter, hit No. 2 on Billboard’s Heatseekers chart. Despite Typhoon’s past mainstream success, Offerings is deliberately experimental; the record opens with Morton’s warning, “Listen: Of all the things you’re about to lose, this will be the most painful,” and it’s often unclear where one song ends and the other begins, adding to the sense that Offering is meant to be ingested as one whole body of work. Sometimes the album’s dip into dystopia can feel a bit forced, but it’s a welcome return from one of the city’s most successful bands.