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There’s a pop trope for nearly every experience in the book – meet-cutes, breakups, marriages. But with her song “Friends”, London-based singer-songwriter and producer Amber Bain might have genuinely ...

It’s been a few years since we’ve heard from the Japanese House, the dreamy pop project of English musician Amber Bain. Her last release was 2020’s Chewing Cotton Wool EP, which saw her teaming up ...

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. The Japanese House (the name under which British ...

The Japanese House, a.k.a. the recording project of U.K. singer-songwriter Amber Bain, put out my favorite album of 2023: In the End It Always Does is an irresistible electro-pop record full of warmly ...

Next month, the Japanese House -- aka the British indie-pop musician Amber Bain -- will put out a new album, In The End It Always Does, which features the previously released singles "Boyhood" and ...

Beneath the surface of sedate geisha teahouses and hushed shrines, Kyoto is a hotbed for legendary live music — here, Japan's most unique, riotous acts are set free in the city's underground clubs, ...

December 5, 2023 • The album's not dead! Want proof? NPR Music's list of the best albums of 2023 features masterworks by veterans, newcomers, iconoclasts and at least one supergroup.