Photos: The Japanese House plays a sold-out show at Metro in Chicago


The Japanese House performs at Metro on Dec. 3, 2023.

The Japanese House performs at Metro on Dec. 3, 2023.

The Japanese House, the childhood vacation home but also music project/moniker for English indie pop musician, Amber Bain. At an early age she learned to play music from her father and started creating It professionally through friends in the band 1975. Pitchfork described her early in her career as “a soft-spoken, queer  19-year-old girl with Kurt Cobain hair and boyish style” Similarly enough to Cobain she very humbly continues to make a name for herself with her music.

Recently releasing her second album, In the End It Always Does back in June and landing on many critics’ top album list of 2023 (including my own) and seemingly grateful to be playing to a sold out Metro full of Gen Z fans singing along with their phones  pointed to her was a perfect way to close out the weekend.

Check out photos of The Japanese House performing at Metro in Chicago below and click here to pick-up tickets to future tour dates. More information can be found at Thejapanesehouse.co.uk.

(Photos and recap by Josh Darr)