THE JAPANESE HOUSE has shared her new single, MAYBE YOU’RE THE REASON, taken from her debut album GOOD AT FALLING, which will be released via Dirty Hit on 1 March. A glowing sad-pop anthem, MAYBE YOU’RE THE REASON debuted as Phil Taggart’s Chillest Record on BBC Radio 1 and sees THE JAPANESE HOUSE [aka Amber Bain] looking for a glimmer of hope in the midst of a crisis.
“It’s about being depressed and realising there’s no meaning in anything. Then in the chorus I thought, I can’t keep this up! I need to make it something nice. I thought about my girlfriend at the time, and how maybe loving someone is the reason you live? It’s the cheesiest chorus ever, but I think it needed it.”
Listen here:
Produced by THE JAPANESE HOUSE [aka Amber Bain] BJ BURTON [Low, Bon Iver] and GEORGE DANIEL from the 1975, GOOD AT FALLING includes the lead singles LILO and FOLLOW MY GIRL, and follows four acclaimed EP releases. The album began as demos recorded by Bain on her laptop in her room in London, and was finished in studios across Wisconsin, Brussels and Oxford. The result is an album that draws from Bain’s life in a way her work never has before; a personal, vulnerable and yet confident body of work. “These songs are definitely more direct,” she explains. “The album has a lot more of me in it, so it makes sense.”
Pre-order GOOD AT FALLING here!
GOOD AT FALLING track listing:
* Went to Meet Her [Intro]
* Maybe You’re the Reason
* We Talk all the Time
* Wild
* You Seemed So Happy
* Follow My Girl
* somethingfartoogoodtofeel
* Lilo
* Everybody Hates Me
* Marika Is Sleeping
* Worms
* f a r a w a y
* I Saw You in A Dream
THE JAPANESE HOUSE has released four acclaimed EPs with Dirty Hit:
POOLS TO BATHE IN [2015]
CLEAN [2015]
SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE [2016]
SAW YOU IN A DREAM [2017]
With an “experimental and impressive” [DIY] sound adored by both critics and fans alike, Amber has played in arenas across the UK with label mates the 1975, taking in shows at London O2 Arena, and found herself landing a spot on the prestigious BBC Sound Of 2017 Longlist.
With a succession of sold out headline dates already under her belt, including nights at London venues Koko and Scala, “Bain’s rise to the top appears imminent” [NME] as she tours the EU in January and February before returning to the UK for her March tour and the release of her debut album. Full dates are as below and for further ticket information, visit: http://thejapanesehouse.co.uk/live
JANUARY
Sun 20 OSLO John Dee
Tue 22 STOCKHOLM Nalen Klubb
Wed 23 COPENHAGEN Vega
Fri 25 PARIS Olympic Café
Sat 26 UTRECHT EKKO
Mon 28 ANTWERP TRIX
Wed 30 COLOGNE Artheater
FEBRUARY
Fri 01 HAMBURG Nochtspeicher
Sat 02 BERLIN Kantine am Berghaim
Mon 04 VIENNA Fluc
Wed 06 MILAN Circolo Magnolia
Thu 07 ZURICH Papiersaal
MARCH
Mon 11 BRIGHTON Concorde 2
Tue 12 OXFORD O2 Academy 2
Thu 14 LEICESTER Dryden Street Social
Fri 15 SHEFFIELD Plug
Sat 16 MANCHESTER Academy 2
Mon 18 EDINBURGH Caves
Tue 19 LONDON Electric Ballroom
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