For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) (Frosted Shadow Vinyl LP)

While the title of the highly anticipated new Japanese Breakfast album might seem a little tongue in cheek at first, there's an element of earnest heart-on-sleeve-ness to For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), almost like front woman Michelle Zauner is saying, "Well, I might as well tell you how I'm feeling". Produced by the masterful Blake Mills, the record is set to stun. Can't wait. - Flying Out

After a decade making the most of improvised recording spaces set in warehouses, trailers and lofts, Japanese Breakfast’s fourth album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), marks the band’s first proper studio release. Produced by Grammy Award winner Blake Mills, the record sees front-woman and songwriter Michelle Zauner pull back from the bright extroversion that defined its predecessor Jubilee to examine the darker waves that roil within, the moody, fecund field of melancholy, long held to be the psychic state of poets on the verge of inspiration. The result is an artistic statement of purpose: a mature, intricate, contemplative work that conjures the romantic thrill of a gothic novel.

Tracklist

1. Here Is Someone
2. Orlando in Love
3. Honey Water
4. Mega Circuit
5. Little Girl
6. Leda
7. Picture Window
8. Men in Bars
9. Winter in LA
10. Magic Mountain