White Lighter Explained

White Lighter
Type:studio
Artist:Typhoon
Cover:File:White Lighter.jpg
Released:August 20, 2013
Recorded:January 2012 – February 2013
Studio:Pendarvis Farm
Genre:Indie rock
Length:46:11
Label:Roll Call
Producer:Paul Laxer
Prev Title:Hunger and Thirst
Prev Year:2010
Next Title:Offerings
Next Year:2018

White Lighter is the third studio album by American indie rock band Typhoon. It was released in August 2013 and was their first studio album after the band signed with Roll Call Records.[1]

Background

Typhoon front-man, Kyle Morton, wrote and composed all the songs on the album. As a child, Morton had a life threatening case of Lyme disease and suffered multiple organ failures. Ultimately he received a kidney transplant from his father, but he lost most of his childhood to the illness.[2] The album is a mixture of darkness hopelessness along with wanting for more and uplifting melodies.[3] At a concert in Boston, Morton shared the story behind the song named after a dilemma that shares his name, Morton's fork, which Morton explained as being "paralyzed by two equally bad choices," a situation he faced in his own past.[4]

Reception

White Lighter was received with critical success. In regards to the band's sound and size, Hilary Saunders of Paste Magazine said "The band’s comparatively enormous size—marked by a horn section, string section and eclectic percussion—naturally exudes a boisterous optimism and familial charm."[5] Jonathan Doyle of the New Welsh Review said that for Morton, "For him, this fear is not vanity in the face of impermanence but rather an attempt to make sense of time we have had and still have."[6]

Release history

CountryDateLabelFormatCatalog no.
United StatesAugust 20, 2013Roll CallDigital
Maple Music Recordings/Roll CallDigitalMRCD4860
Maple Music RecordingsCDMRCD 6553
Roll CallCDROL2-2386
Maple Music Recordings/Roll CallLPRCRLP 009
January 26, 2018Roll Call RecordsLP99961

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Personnel

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Typhoon - White Lighter. Roll Call Records. en. 2018-01-11.
  2. News: First Listen: Typhoon, 'White Lighter'. NPR.org. 2018-01-11. en.
  3. News: Review Typhoon – White Lighter. 2013-08-30. Music Savage. 2018-01-11. en-US.
  4. Web site: Bedian . Knar . TYPHOON: AN ORCHESTRA, AN ONION? – 9/29/13 – BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL . Sound of Boston . 7 October 2013 . 22 January 2021.
  5. News: Typhoon: White Lighter. pastemagazine.com. 2018-01-11. en.
  6. News: Typhoon's album White Lighter. Doyle. Jonathan. Fall 2013. New Welsh Review. 2018-01-11.