SOFT SOUNDS FROM ANOTHER PLANET

Japanese Breakfast's Soft Sounds From Another Planet is less of a concept album about space
exploration so much as it is a mood board come to life. Over the course of 12 tracks, Michelle
Zauner explores a sonic landscape of her own design, one that's big enough to contain her
influences. There are songs on this album that recall the pathos of Roy Orbison's ballads,
while others could soundtrack a cinematic drive down one of Blade Runner's endless skyways.
Zauner's voice is capacious; one moment she's serenading the past, the next she's robotically
narrating a love story over sleek monochrome, her lyrics more pointed and personal than ever
before. While Psychopomp was a genre-spanning introduction to Japanese Breakfast, this
visionary sophomore album launches the project to new heights.