Typhoon "Sympathetic Magic" COLOR:Moon Phase Edition (Brown and Green on Clear) while achieving 5x platinum status

while achieving 5x platinum status alone in the United States for five million copies shipped

there’s a reasonable argument that its 70s cop-show spoof did more than anything else to kick-start the decade’s retro fashion craze

California based 4-piece punk/ska band fronted by future Rancid cohorts Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman who helped create the Gilman street punk scene that also spawned Green Day and AFI

and this 1997 release is proof

alcoholism and prostitution are woven throughout the album

Typhoon "Sympathetic Magic" COLOR:Moon Phase Edition (Brown and Green on Clear) while achieving 5x platinum statusSympathetic Magic is the politically charged fifth studio album from Portland, OR indie rock outfit Typhoon and first new music since 2018's critically acclaimed Offerings. "The songs are about people the space between them and the ordinary, miraculous things that happen there, as we come into contact, imitate each other, leave our marks, lose touch," notes lead singer Kyle Morton. "Being self and other somehow amounting to the same thing. Recording