Japanese Breakfast

Japanese Breakfast

Zauner performing live in 2017
Background information
Origin Eugene, Oregon
Genres
Years active 2013 (2013)–present
Labels
Associated acts Little Big League
Website michellezauner.bandcamp.com
Members
  • Michelle Zauner

Japanese Breakfast is the solo musical project of Michelle Zauner of Little Big League. Under the alias, Zauner has released two studio albums: Psychopomp (2016) and Soft Sounds from Another Planet (2017).

Background

Prior to her solo project, Michelle Zauner fronted Post Post, an indie pop band with students from Bryn Mawr and Haverford Colleges,[1] then started the Philadelphian emo band Little Big League.[2] Zauner fronted the band between 2011 and 2014, before returning to her hometown of Eugene, Oregon in 2013. Zauner made the trek back home in the wake of her mother being diagnosed with cancer.[2]

While at home, tending her family in Oregon, Zauner began recording solo music. Zauner described the project as having much more to say following Tropical Jinx, the 2014 studio album by Little Big League. Originally, Zauner had begun to record early samples of music as a self-meditative and "instant-gratification" feeling.[3] Two years later, the solo project itself eventually became the work of Psychopomp the debut album by Japanese Breakfast. The name of the band, according to Zauner is a juxtaposition of Asian exoticism and American culture. Despite the name, Zauner is not of Japanese descent, but Korean descent.[4]

Zauner described the debut album as quite "dark and heavy-handed", although she had a desire to make the music, urgent[5] and "sonically upbeat."[3][3]

Zauner performing live with her band in 2017

On April 1, 2016, Japanese Breakfast released their first studio album, Psychopomp under Yellow K Records. On June 23, 2016, the Japanese Breakfast project was signed to the Dead Oceans label.[6]

Artistry

Michelle Geslani of Consequence of Sound has described the Japanese Breakfast project's sound as experimental pop.[7] Anna Gaca of Spin has described the Japanese Breakfast project's sound as lo-fi.[6]

Zauner has stated that she hopes her work can influence more Asian-Americans to be involved in music.[5]

Discography

Studio albums

Projects

References

  1. ↑ "DIY Music". Atavist. 2016-05-13. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  2. 1 2 Teo-Blockey, Celine (September 15, 2016). "Interview: Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner on death and 'Psychopomp'". AXS TV. 2929 Entertainment. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Hannah, Andy (October 18, 2016). "In the Rugged Country: Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast tells Andy Hannah about the loss which brought her back to the Pacific Northwest.". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ Champ, Christine (July 1, 2016). "An Interview with Michelle Zauner, The One Big Boss Lady Who Is Japanese Breakfast". Front Row Boston. WGBH. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Gardin, Russell. "Pop Music Has A Sense of Urgency: An Interview With Japanese Breakfast". FreePressHouston.com. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Gaca, Anna (June 23, 2016). "Japanese Breakfast Shares ‘Jane Cum’ Video, Signs to Dead Oceans". Spin. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  7. ↑ Geslani, Michelle (May 4, 2017). "Japanese Breakfast announces new album, shares “Machinist” video — watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
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