The Japanese House
In between dates opening for Kelsea Ballerini on tour, The Japanese House (acclaimed project of Amber Bain) will be playing a string of intimate solo shows including one at The Signal on April 7.
Review for The Japanese House:
The Japanese House (the critically acclaimed project of Amber Bain) is an alternative pop star for the modern age who serves up vulnerable lyrics and down to earth, celestial songs. Her latest, critically acclaimed album, In The End It Always Does, highlights heartbreak and love lost, emotional reflections on childhood trauma and identity, and the album finds the artist embracing her pop side like never before with help from Matty Healy and George Daniel (The 1975), Katie Gavin (MUNA), Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and Charli XCX, among others.
Following a breakout 2024 that comprised sold-out US and UK Headline Tours (the latter included her biggest show to date at London’s Roundhouse) and a run supporting Maggie Rogers on her Don’t Forget Me Tour, Amber released her folk-tinged single “:)” (aka Smiley Face), which quickly became a TikTok sensation and fan-favorite. This past fall, she was featured on Charli XCX’s BRAT remix album for a glittery new version of viral track “Apple,” and on Fred again’s “backseat,” a remix of her own “Sunshine Baby.”
The Japanese House’s intimate, unique sound has propelled her to hundreds of millions of streams, performances at Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and more, an appearance on NPR’s Tiny Desk and major media praise from NPR, The New York Times, Associated Press, Billboard, Rolling Stone, WWD, Playboy, GQ, i-D, The Fader, Pitchfork and more. In The End It Always Does follows her 2020 EP Chewing Cotton Wool and debut Good At Falling (2019).