Japanese Breakfast
With Mannequin Pussy, Spirit of the Beehive.
UW Union South-The Sett 1308 W. Dayton St., Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Japanese Breakfast, Oct. 3.
This solo project from Michelle Zauner (of the excellent Philadelphia indie-rock band Little Big League) is an example of beautiful music born from incredible pain. She wrote her 2016 debut album, Psychopomp, in the weeks after her mother was diagnosed with cancer. She intended to quit music after that, but the driving, shimmery, experimental pop release gained critical acclaim. So she kept at it, and in 2017 released Soft Sounds from Another Planet, which travels into atmospheric, folk-influenced electropop territory. With fellow Philly rockers Mannequin Pussy and Spirit of the Beehive.