Japanese Breakfast shares “Mega Circuit,” the fierce new single from her recently announced new album, For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women), due March 21st on Dead Oceans. The song arrives with a visual created by Michelle Zauner and frequent collaborator Adam Kolodny.
“‘Mega Circuit’ was one of the first songs I wrote, intent on making a creepier, more guitar driven record,” Zauner explains. “The song is sort of an examination of contemporary masculinity, and explores a conflicted desire to embrace a generation that in the absence of positive role models has found refuge in violence and bigotry. We had the legendary Jim Keltner—who’s played on everything from ‘These Days,’ to ‘Here You Come Again’ to ‘Dream Weaver’—come in and play the fiercest shuffle you’ve ever heard.”
“Mega Circuit” follows the release of “Orlando In Love,” the album’s acclaimed lead single which the band performed a stunning rendition of on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon last week.
Japanese Breakfast is also expanding her tour in support of For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women) with recently announced shows in Seattle, WA and Madison, WI as well as additional dates in Brooklyn, NY and Bristol, UK. The tour kicks off with a performance at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA and continues with headline shows across North America and Europe this year. The Melancholy Tour is the band’s first tour in three years, following the Jubilee Tour in 2022. All tour dates can be found below and tickets are on-sale now via japanesebreakfast.rocks
