The Japanese House (otherwise known as Amber Bain) has announced her forthcoming EP, Something Has To Change, to be released this fall via Dirty Hit Records. Along with the announcement comes the release of the EP’s title track which was co-produced by Bain along with BJ Burton (Bon Iver, Francis & The Lights). Watch the video now below.
Something Has To Change follows The Japanese House’s debut full-length, Good at Falling, out now – PRESS HERE to listen. The album includes the “existential crisis turned love song” (NME) “Maybe You’re the Reason,” the “ethereal yet pummeling” (Pitchfork) “Follow My Girl,” the deceptively upbeat “We Talk All The Time,” and “dreamy synth-pop anthem” (Idolator) “Lilo.” Earlier this summer, The Japanese House released the LA Session EP, which features re-imagined live versions of tracks from Good At Falling. PRESS HERE to listen.
The Japanese House will return to North America this October. The tour will launch in Austin, Texas with an appearance at Austin City Limits Music Festival, with stops at The Wiltern in Los Angeles, California and Warsaw in Brooklyn, New York, before wrapping at Corona Capital in Mexico City. Full routing can be found below.
With “melancholic melodies” that create “an amalgamation of The xx and Wet” (V Magazine), Bain “hits the invisible and shifting target of hype that so many artists, even with money, readily miss” (Consequence of Sound). Adored by both critics and fans for the “tender and textured songs” that are “atmospheric, lofty, and soothing” (Nylon), The Japanese House has gathered over 200+ million streams on Spotify since her start in 2015 and has received praise from The New York Times, W Magazine, Paper Magazine, GQ, Playboy, The Fader, Newsweek, Noisey and i-D, among others.
10/06 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits
10/09 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
10/10 – Santa Ana, CA – Las Santa
10/11 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
10/12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
10/14 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
10/15 – Santa Barbara, CA – SOHO Music Club
10/17 – Las Vegas, NV – The Bunkhouse Saloon
10/19 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
10/20 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
10/21 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
10/22 – Chicago, IL – Thaila Hall
10/24 – Bloomington, IN – The Bishop
10/25 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Stache
10/27 – Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
10/29 – Ithaca, NY – The Haunt
10/30 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
11/01 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
11/02 – Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit Hall
11/03 – Columbus, OH – A&R Music Bar
11/04 – Cincinnati, OH – The Ballroom at Taft Theatre
11/06 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
11/08 – Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle
11/09 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall
11/10 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft
11/12 – Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
11/13 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar
11/14 – Orlando, FL – Beacham Theatre
11/16 – Mexico City, MX – Corona Capital