TWO TRACK SPOTIFY SESSION

Face Like Thunder & Landslide

THE JAPANESE HOUSE [aka Amber Bain] has recorded an exclusive live session for Spotify, performing the former single, FACE LIKE THUNDER, alongside a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s LANDSLIDE, which sees Amber bring her own forward thinking electronic take to the song whilst still harnessing and retaining its raw emotion.

The session comes in the wake of SAW YOU IN A DREAM, the fourth EP from THE JAPANESE HOUSE, which was released earlier this month by Dirty Hit Records. This summer has also seen her play a huge run of festivals, including Latitude and Parklife, with Lollapalooza and Reading / Leeds still to come.

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Listen To The Session

Reveals two more tracks from her forthcoming SAW YOU IN A DREAM EP

SAW YOU IN A DREAM EP – 30 JUNE 2017

THE JAPANESE HOUSE has unveiled two new tracks, SOMEBODY YOU FOUND and 3/3, the latest songs to be taken from the forthcoming SAW YOU IN A DREAM EP released by Dirty Hit Records on 30 June.

You can listen to them here:

SOMEBODY YOU FOUND and 3/3 follow the release of the title track SAW YOU IN A DREAM. Refined and beautifully layered, these tracks show Amber Bain adapting the uniqueness of her sound in exhilarating ways with emotive vocals over slick production, and are further steps forward following the critically acclaimed SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE EP in 2016.

SAW YOU IN A DREAM itself ushers in new, classic tones to her songwriting and is perhaps her most honest offering yet. As she explains, “It’s a very clear message; I didn’t want to drown my vocals in too many harmonies this time because the melody is quite strong on its own. Rather than hide your sadness about your loss of someone, it’s a nice thing to admit ‘I miss them’. That’s why the vocals are quite present”.

The track itself has a relatively dark subject matter, yet the tone beneath the story brings shades of new light, favouring sun-dappled guitars and bright hues. This is reflected in the video, which is her most visually stunning to date and follows Amber through an ever-evolving film set in a series of colourful, dream-like sequences.

You can watch the video for SAW YOU IN A DREAM below too:

The release comes amidst a huge UK and European tour, which began in Oslo in April and included her biggest London show to date – a sold out KOKO – and coincides with a number of festivals throughout the summer. Remaining dates as follows:

JULY

Sun 02 GLOUCESTERSHIRE Barn On the Farm Festival

Thu 06 WINCHESTER Blissfields Festival

Fri 14 SUFFOLK Latitude Festival

Fri 28 BUDE Leopalooza Festival

AUGUST

Sat 05 CHICAGO Lollapalooza Festival

Fri 11 SAN FRANCISCO Outside Lands Festival

Sat 26 READING Festival

Sun 27 LEEDS Festival

SAW YOU IN A DREAM

16 June 2017

THE JAPANESE HOUSE have returned with a stunning new single, SAW YOU IN A DREAM, to be released on 16 June via Dirty Hit Records. Refined and beautifully layered, this is the first track to be taken from her forthcoming fourth EP – also released on 16 June – and is yet another step forwards following the critically lauded SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE EP in 2016.

SAW YOU IN A DREAM comes alongside a huge UK and European tour which recently kicked off in Oslo in April - taking in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Paris, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Zurich along the way - before the UK leg which includes her biggest UK headline show to date at London KOKO. THE JAPANESE HOUSE will also be playing a number of festivals throughout the summer, including Latitude, The Great Escape, Reading and Leeds.

Listen to SAW YOU IN A DREAM here

UK / EUROPEAN TOUR – SPRING 2017

AMBER BAIN [aka THE JAPANESE HOUSE] has announced an extended run of UK and European dates for Spring 2017, which will see her play her biggest London headline show to date at London KOKO. The news comes as THE JAPANESE HOUSE was recently added to the BBC Sound of 2017 long list, fresh after the release of the critically acclaimed third EP SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE.

THE JAPANESE HOUSE ended 2016 with a headline North American tour before joining THE 1975 as special guest on their Arena tour, including two dates at The O2 Arena in London.

The SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE EP builds upon the sonic foundations laid so far by AMBER BAIN, taking her distinctive sound to new heights by a more open embrace of pop sensibilities. With shades of introspection polarised by some of her most euphoric moments to date, this long awaited third EP is a statement release from Amber, confirming her place as one of 2016’s breakthrough artists.

Full tour dates are as follows:

APRIL

Mon 24 OSLO John Dee

Tue 25 STOCKHOLM Lilla Hotellbaren

Wed 26 COPENHAGEN Vega Jr

Fri 28 PARIS Supersonic

Sat 29 AMSTERDAM Sugar Factory

MAY

Mon 01 ANTWERP Trix

Tue 02 HAMBURG Prinzenbar

Wed 03 BERLIN Kantine

Fri 05 PRAGUE Chapeau Rouge

Sat 06 VIENNA Chelsea

Sun 07 ZURICH Papiersaal

Tue 09 OXFORD Academy 2

Wed 10 EDINBURGH Liquid Rooms

Thu 11 MANCHESTER Gorilla

Fri 12 LEICESTER Academy 2

Sat 13 BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute 3

Mon 15 NEWCASTLE Think Tank

Tue 16 NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms

Wed 17 LONDON Koko

18/10/16 Release video for single "Swim Against The Tide"

THE JAPANESE HOUSE returns with new single, FACE LIKE THUNDER, the first track from her forthcoming third EP, SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE, released on 11 November through Dirty Hit, the label that brought the world WOLF ALICE and THE 1975.

THE JAPANESE HOUSE tour begins next week in Bristol:

OCTOBER Thu 27 BRISTOL THEKLA

Sat 29 SOUTHAMPTON JOINERS

Sun 30 OXFORD THE BULLINGDON

Mon 31 BIRMINGHAM O2 INSTITUTE 3

NOVEMBER Tue 01 NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS

Wed 02 MANCHESTER CLUB ACADEMY

Thu 03 GLASGOW ORAN MOR

Fri 04 LEEDS WARDROBE

Sat 05 NORWICH ARTS CENTRE

Mon 07 LONDON HEAVEN

27/09/16 SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE EP + OCT / NOV TOUR Dirty Hit Records – 11 November

THE JAPANESE HOUSE returns with new single, FACE LIKE THUNDER, the first track from her forthcoming third EP, SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE, released on 11 November through Dirty Hit, the label that brought the world WOLF ALICE and THE 1975.

Premiering on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show, FACE LIKE THUNDER presents THE JAPANESE HOUSE at its most sunlit, with a record that sounds as clear and refreshing as emerging from one of those cooling pools of water that are omnipresent in Amber Bain’s imagery. Listen to FACE LIKE THUNDER here:

SPOTIFY: http://po.st/FaceLikeThunderSP

APPLE MUSIC: http://po.st/FaceLikeThunderAM

iTUNES: http://po.st/SwimAgainsttheTide

It’s in a track like this that the dualism of Amber’s work is perhaps at its most present. At once poignantly sad and contemplative, but also surfacing with what sounds like deep breaths of opportunity.

THE JAPANESE HOUSE is the captivating moniker of 21-year-old AMBER BAIN from Kings Langley in Buckinghamshire. Over the past 18 months she has emerged as one of the UK’s most promising artists, following the release of her two acclaimed EPs, POOLS TO BATHE IN and CLEAN, which showcased her ability to create brooding, melancholic electronica that pushes the parameters of alt-pop. She now returns with the SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE EP, which builds upon the sonic foundations laid so far by taking her distinctive sound to new heights with a more open embrace of pop sensibilities. With shades of introspection polarised by some of her most euphoric moments to date, SWIM AGAINST THE TIDE is a statement release from Amber, reaffirming her place as one of 2016’s breakthrough artists.

After spending the majority of the year on the road supporting THE 1975 on their worldwide tour, as well as embarking on her first run of headline dates, THE JAPANESE HOUSE will be hitting the road again this autumn for a series of UK, European and US dates, providing another chance to see this fascinating new artist ahead of what will be no doubt be a huge 2017. The full list of dates is as follows:

OCTOBER Thu 27 BRISTOL THEKLA

Sat 29 SOUTHAMPTON JOINERS

Sun 30 OXFORD THE BULLINGDON

Mon 31 BIRMINGHAM O2 INSTITUTE 3

NOVEMBER Tue 01 NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS

Wed 02 MANCHESTER CLUB ACADEMY

Thu 03 GLASGOW ORAN MOR

Fri 04 LEEDS WARDROBE

Sat 05 NORWICH ARTS CENTRE

Mon 07 LONDON HEAVEN

Thu 10 PARIS POP UP DU LABEL

Sat 12 AMSTERDAM PARADISO

Mon 14 BERLIN AUSTER CLUB

Wed 16 VIENNA B72

Fri 18 BRUSSELS ROTONDE

Mon 21 BOSTON GREAT SCOTT

Tue 22 BROOKLYN BABY’S ALL RIGHT

Fri 25 WASHINGTON DC9

Sat 26 PHILADELPHIA THE FOUNDRY

Mon 28 TORONTO HORSESHOE TAVERN

Wed 30 SEATTLE THE SUNSET TAVERN

DECEMBER Thu 01 VANCOUVER THE COBALT

Sat 03 SAN FRANCISCO RICKSHAW STOP

Mon 05 SAN DIEGO HOUSE OF BLUES

Wed 07 LOS ANGELES THE ECHO

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