JAPANESE BREAKFAST – SOFT SOUNDS FROM ANOTHER PLANET Vinyl LP Online

Japanese Breakfast s  Soft Sounds From Another Planet  is less of a concept album about space exploration so much as it is a mood board come to life. Over the course of 12 tracks, Michelle Zauner explores a sonic landscape of her own design, one that s big enough to contain her influences. There are songs on this album that recall the pathos of Roy Orbison’s ballads, while others could soundtrack a cinematic drive down one of Blade Runner s endless skyways. Zauner s voice is capacious; one moment she s serenading the past, the next she s robotically narrating a love story over sleek monochrome, her lyrics more pointed and personal than ever before. While Psychopomp was a genre-spanning introduction to Japanese Breakfast, this visionary sophomore album launches the project to new heights.