- 2025-01-08
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MUSIC
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Japanese Breakfast Announces New Album “For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)”, Shares New Song “Orlando in Love”
American indie pop band Japanese Breakfast, consisting of Michelle Zauner (vocals/guitar), Peter Bradley (guitar), Deven Craige (bass) and Craig Hendrix (drums), has announced their upcoming fourth studio album “For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)” will be released on March 21, 2025 via Dead Oceans.
The album comprises 10 songs, featuring a guest appearance from American actor Jeff Bridges.
The band recorded the album at Sound City in Los Angeles with producer Blake Mills. This marks their first proper studio release.
The band lead singer Michelle Zauner said of the album, “I felt seduced by getting what I always wanted. I was flying too close to the sun, and I realised if I kept going I was going to die.”
From the album, the band released the first single called “Orlando in Love” on January 7, 2025.
The song is inspired by John Cheever's riff on Orlando Innamorato, an unfinished epic made up of 68 ½ cantos by the Renaissance poet Matteo Maria Boiardo.
The track was written by Michelle Zauner, and produced by Blake Mill- Japanese Breakfast embarks on The Melancholy Tour in support of the album. The tour kicks off at Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA on April 12, 2025 and will conclude at Palace Theatre in Saint Paul, MN on September 9, 2025.
Learn more about tour dates, here. -
Photography by Pak Bae
Background photo by Kat Borderud - source : Apple Music
