The ever whelming sounds of Typhoon crash ever the more concisely wild on their latest release, A New Kind of House. The five tracks from this army of a band break slowly across your ears with a not-quite-gentle but definitely-still-fragile sound, starting with just whispers of the song "The Honest Truth", which grows like a battle drum made of glass, shattering into a yell-along choir after the gracious call to arms: "Be kind to all your neighbours because they’re just like you and you’re nothing special." Horns trace the echo of everyone screaming, fading quickly into "Summer Home", which swells slightly with fadingly crying strings that lead back into more choral harmonies. The whole EP slowly breathes and breaks, shifting between balladesque pianos, weeping strings, and a barrage of brass layered like years of moss trying to hide the ghostly and giant oak it calls home.
A New Kind of House is out on Tender Loving Empire, with a release show to match at Doug Fir this Friday with &&& and Brainstorm! Check out Matt Ross’s video for "The Honest Truth" and just try to tell me that you won’t be picking up this EP. – Mike Harper