Soft Sounds From Another Planet

Released July 14, 2017


1.Diving Woman 06:32

2.Road Head 03:15

3.Machinist 03:37

4.Planetary Ambience 01:17

5.Soft Sounds from Another Planet 03:20

6.Boyish 03:33

7.12 Steps 02:36

8.Jimmy Fallon Big! 02:35

9.The Body Is a Blade 03:40

10.Till Death 02:57

11.This House 03:02

12.Here Come the Tubular Bells 00:40


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.