[ATTENDED: June 3, 2018] Japanese Breakfast
Japanese Breakfast is the creation of Philadelphia-based Michelle Zauner. She sings pretty melodies and has a variety of tones when she sings–some high-pitched notes and some lower parts as well.
A lot of bands celebrate in some way when they play a home town. Sometimes its an extra song or a guest. I don’t really know how this show deviated from other in terms of set list, but Zauner had a lot to celebrate being back at Union Transfer.
[Quotes and quoted passages are from an article in The Key
“I fucking used to work coat check here,” Zauner told the audience as she gazed into the sold out crowd at UT.
She said this just after she’d sung her first song “Diving Woman.” It was the first time she had headlined Union Transfer. She said she felt a bit shy playing here because so many friends and family were in attendance. And she talked a lot about her connections to the city. She graduated from Bryn Mawr college and she recorded both Japanese Breakfast albums in Philly. (more…)
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