‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)’: A review

‘For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)’: A review

A mythological tale of woe and love, Michelle Zauner’s fourth studio album as lead singer and songwriter of indie pop band Japanese Breakfast, “For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)” evokes a deep and sincere reflection on one’s emotions. Zauner spins tales of romance and sadness, but does not do so inauthentically.   Zauner is an immensely talented artist, and her ability to share her emotions and create authentic autobiographical works — suc…

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Japanese Breakfast: Album For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) - Spectrum Culture

For a decade, the music of Japanese Breakfast has been personal to an intense degree. The band’s debut album grappled with the personal tragedies that its primary songwriter, Michelle Zauner, was coping with, and while each subsequent release clouded that trauma in layers of abstraction, her breakthrough album Jubilee coincided with Zauner’s memoir Crying in H Mart, which in turn brought more mainstream attention to Zauner than any of her albums…