ALBUM REVIEW: Japanese Breakfast – For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women)

Dead Oceans

Released 21.3.25

Sometimes you just need something you can count on. Reliable. Familiar. Comforting. If you’re a fan of Japanese Breakfast, this album is going to hit just right. An ethereal meander through a soft-focus landscape, every track delivers another facet of Michelle Zauner’s trademark gentle, unassuming charm that draws you to her like a dancing light in the mist.From Here Is Someone, with its delicate and playful instrumentation, whatever angst you’re carrying, there’s a mood for you here, bringing you back to earth with a soft landing in Magic Mountain. Every bit of cinematic blurry drama you’d expect from an indie film –a soundtrack to all the questionable choices, spirals and shifting epiphanies of a messy life.