{"title":"The Japanese House","description":"\u003ch2\u003eAbout The Japanese House\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmber Bain, performing as The Japanese House, was born in Buckinghamshire, England on July 23, 1995. She signed with Dirty Hit (the British indie label home to the 1975, Wolf Alice, beabadoobee, and others) and released her debut EP Pools to Bathe In in 2015 with production input from the 1975's Matt Healy and George Daniel. Her debut full-length Good at Falling (2019) and follow-up In the End It Always Does (2023) have established her as a defining figure in contemporary British indie pop. She is openly queer and her lyrical content has addressed her relationships with other women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSound and style\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese House's sound combines indie pop, dream pop, indie rock, electronic pop, and synth-pop with Bain's distinctive layered vocal harmonies (drawing on Bon Iver's Justin Vernon approach), atmospheric synthesizer-driven production, and lyrical content addressing relationships, identity, and emotional experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDiscography highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePools to Bathe In EP (2015, Dirty Hit)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean EP (2015, Dirty Hit)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwim Against the Tide EP (2016, Dirty Hit)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSaw You in a Dream EP (2017, Dirty Hit)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGood at Falling (2019, Dirty Hit)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the End It Always Does (2023, Dirty Hit)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFor collectors\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eDirty Hit pressings of The Japanese House catalog have been issued in multiple color variant editions and limited deluxe pressings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhere to start\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eListeners new to The Japanese House typically start with In the End It Always Does (2023) or Good at Falling (2019). \u003cspan class=\"related-collections\"\u003eExplore more: \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/pop-vinyl-records\"\u003ePop\/Indie-Pop\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"japanese-house-in-the-end-it-always-does-blue-vinyl","title":"In the End it Always Does LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eJapanese House has announced details of her long-awaited sophomore album, In the End It Always Does.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wax Trax Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48540929196215,"sku":"210000081386","price":30.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0745\/5755\/4871\/files\/in-the-end-it-always-does.jpg?v=1781154754"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.waxtraxrecords.com\/collections\/japanese-house.oembed","provider":"Wax Trax Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}