21 March 2025

Album Artwork – 📸 Pak Bae & design by Min Chai Lee

Much lauded indie act JAPANESE BREAKFAST, fronted by vocalist, guitarist
and primary songwriter Michelle Zauner formed back in 2013 in Philadelphia.

Today, on the first day of spring they launched their brand new
4th LP, named FOR MELANCHOLY BRUNETTES (& SAD WOMEN) .

Press info: Produced by Grammy Award winner Blake Mills, the record sees Michelle Zauner pull back from the bright extroversion that defined its predecessor Jubilee to examine the darker waves that roil within, the moody, fecund field of melancholy, long held to be the psychic state of poets on the verge of inspiration.

The result is an artistic statement of purpose: a mature, intricate,
contemplative work that conjures the romantic thrill of a gothic novel.”

Zauner says the record is inspired by : “The record is ithe plight of Icarus
and other such condemned ones, where characters are taken through cycles
of temptation, transgression, and retribution.”

Rolling Stone: “For Melancholy Brunettes is an evolution of everything that came before — mixing and merging imagery both mythic and mundane with A-class instrumentation from the likes of Bob Dylan guitarist Blake Mills (who produced the record), legendary session drummer Jim Keltner, and vocals from actor Jeff Bridges on ‘Men In Bars’.”

TUTV: With Japanese Breakfast, you just can sit down, listen and let your thoughts
run free, far away from the depressing outside world. This new full-length creates
that imaginative, dreamy pop sentiment once again. Subtle, and oh-so-effective.

Orlando In Love, Little Girl, Picture Window and Men In Bars with, what a surprise, actor Jeff ‘The Dude’ Bridges in duet with Zauner, are my highlights, but it’s the overall relaxing and tranquillizing atmosphere that stands out. Brunettes is a cloud nine soundtrack to be consumed slowly.

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