Typhoon

The indie band is made up of a staggering eleven members, all of whom are great musicians in their own right. The line-up consists of Kyle Morton, Toby Tanabe, Dave Hall, Pieter Hilton, Alex Fitch, Tyler Ferrin, Ryan McAlpin, Eric Stipe, Devin Gallagher, Shannon Steele and Jen Hufnagel. All together, the band has released four albums, two Eps and has contributed to a number of compilations. The band has enjoyed enormous success in the USA, which increased with their television debut on US shows such as the ‘Late Show with David Letterman’, where they performed their single ‘The Honest Truth’, and MTV’s ‘Catfish’. ‘The Honest Truth’ was subsequently voted as one of the best singles of 2011, coming in at number three in ‘Paste’ magazine.

The group is known for their complicated and impressive instrumental arrangements: a great number of instruments are harmonised together as the band juggles typical indie rock instrumentals and vocals with less standard instruments such as violins, percussion, hand claps, xylophone and horns, amongst others.

The band has also toured with several well established indie artists, such as The Thermals, Quasi, Yann Tiersen, Explosions in the Sky, The Decemberists, and The Shins and Lady Lamb the Beekeeper.