{"product_id":"japanese-breakfast-for-melancholy-brunettes-sad-women-copy","title":"Japanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (\u0026 Sad Women)","description":"\u003cp\u003eJapanese Breakfast - For Melancholy Brunettes (\u0026amp; Sad Women)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a brand new \/ sealed vinyl record unless otherwise stated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColored Vinyl (Target Exclusive)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Michelle%20Zauner\"\u003eMichelle Zauner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e conjures a transcendent pop majesty on her poetic and finely rendered fourth album with her band \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Japanese%20Breakfast\"\u003eJapanese Breakfast\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, 2025's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/For%20Melancholy%20Brunettes%20(\u0026amp;%20Sad%20Women)\"\u003eFor Melancholy Brunettes (\u0026amp; Sad Women)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The album arrives in the wake of the tidal wave of success \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Zauner\"\u003eZauner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e experienced in 2021 with her memoir Crying in H Mart about working through her mother's death from cancer and reconnecting with her Korean heritage. That same year, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Japanese%20Breakfast\"\u003eJapanese Breakfast\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e also released \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Jubilee\"\u003eJubilee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album. Needing to process all she had been through, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Zauner\"\u003eZauner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e took a year off in 2023. She moved to her birthplace of Seoul, South Korea, ostensibly to begin work on her second book, but also to connect more directly with the food and culture that inspired her. The hiatus proved transformative and she eventually found her way back to music. Working with producer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Blake%20Mills\"\u003eBlake Mills\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Zauner\"\u003eZauner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has crafted an album that works as a darkly intoxicating contrast to the bright pop of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Jubilee\"\u003eJubilee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Japanese%20Breakfast\"\u003eJapanese Breakfast\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e has always drawn upon a mix of '80s influences, but here \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Zauner\"\u003eZauner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the band conjure a dark, goth-like magic, evoking the full-masted galleon productions of bands like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/the%20Church\"\u003ethe Church\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Japan\"\u003eJapan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/the%20Cure\"\u003ethe Cure\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Her songs reveal themselves slowly; her voice a cherubic bell-tone cutting through the coastal fog of analog orchestral synths, crystalline acoustic guitars, and gargantuan basslines. Yet there are moments of lyrical twang, as on \"Men in Bars,\" her sun-dappled duet with a gruff-voiced \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Jeff%20Bridges\"\u003eJeff Bridges\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, or \"Winter in L.A.\" which sparkles with a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Beach%20Boys\"\u003eBeach Boys\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e wistfulness. There's a densely literate feeling to the album, one most obviously represented in the title, which is a reference to a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/John%20Cheever\"\u003eJohn Cheever\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e short story. There's also the shimmering atmospheric lead single \"Orlando,\" which borrows inspiration from 15th century Italian Renaissance writer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Matteo%20Maria%20Boiardo\"\u003eMatteo Maria Boiardo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's epic poem \"Orlando Innamorato.\" Impressively, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Zauner\"\u003eZauner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's songs luxuriate in feelings of romantic longing and sexual folly much in the same way \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Cheever\"\u003eCheever\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Boiardo\"\u003eBoiardo\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e do in their writing. Grande literary tropes aside, there's a sense that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Zauner\"\u003eZauner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is reflecting on her relationships and questioning not only the other person's actions, but her own. On \"Honey Water,\" she sings, \"Why can't you be faithful?\/Why won't you believe?\/They say only love can change a man, but all that changes is me.\" She explicitly underlines her feelings of dissonance on \"Winter in L.A.,\" revealing \"I wish you had a happier woman...someone who loves the sun.\" It often feels like \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Zauner\"\u003eZauner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is questioning herself, staring into a mirror and wondering whether she is the sad girl who avoids the sun, or the ideal woman, like the \"Venus from the shell\" who emerges from the sea to bedevil a man in \"Orlando.\" For \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Zauner\"\u003eZauner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Japanese%20Breakfast\"\u003eJapanese Breakfast\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the answer is always something in between and more complex and creatively assured than what has come before. With \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/For%20Melancholy%20Brunettes%20(\u0026amp;%20Sad%20Women)\"\u003eFor Melancholy Brunettes (\u0026amp; Sad Women)\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/Zauner\"\u003eZauner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003einvites us into the magic mirror of her life and pulls us through to the other side. ~ Matt Collar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4qqdOkr3Ff3kN8GxoxvRES?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plaka.MNL","offers":[{"title":"The Vinyl Jacket is dented on the upper left corner","offer_id":51285553381691,"sku":null,"price":2199.0,"currency_code":"PHP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/2972\/1403\/files\/IMG-6913_f144424f-0840-4529-bb56-cb8c89d9e9fc.png?v=1773797018","url":"https:\/\/plakamnl.com\/products\/japanese-breakfast-for-melancholy-brunettes-sad-women-copy","provider":" Plaka.MNL","version":"1.0","type":"link"}