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Japanese Breakfast is not just a delicious meal to enjoy in the morning—it’s also the name of one of the most influential pop and indie bands of the 2010s, and you're probably going to hear a lot from them in the next few months.
That’s because they're celebrating their fourth album, For Melancholy Brunettes (and Sad Women), and kicking off those celebrations with an intimate release show in East Harlem tomorrow, Saturday, March 22.
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The intimate concert is going to take place at El Museo del Barrio, which is known for being one of the country's leading institutions highlighting Hispanic American and Latinx art and culture. The event will be called “The Melancholy Recital” and Japanese Breakfast will play “very stripped down” versions of some of their music.
The intimate concert is inspired by school recitals. “Unlike boisterous Jubilee, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) is quite delicate,” writes Michelle Zauner, the band's front woman, in a description of the event. “It is our first album, I think, that has the ability to hold its own in a stripped down format as well as in its full production. As we’ve pared down the arrangements for this evening, I wanted the stage design to foreshadow our upcoming tour production in a similarly stripped down fashion, as if it were a grade school recital. I’ve been daydreaming about this night for many months now, working with my brilliant friends to create a special performance. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did putting it together, and that we see you again out on the road for The Melancholy Tour!”
If you want to catch her before tomorrow, she’s going to be celebrating her album at Rough Trade at the Rockefeller Center starting at 6pm. Tickets to tomorrow's Harlem concert are currently sold out, but you can join the waitlist here.
If you’re not able to get into the Rough Trade celebration tonight or the Harlem performance tomorrow, don't panic: Japanese Breakfast's official tour will kick off at Coachella next month, and they'll make a stopover at the Brooklyn Paramount on May 9, 10, 11 and 12.