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The Japanese House has announced details of her second studio album In the End It Always Does.nbsp Featuring recent single lsquoBoyhoodrsquo, much of the album lives in the contradictory beginnings and endings, obsession and mundanity, falling in love and falling apart.With the announcement comes new track lsquoSad to Breathersquo, an upbeat sounding heartbreaker coproduced by TJHrsquos Amber Bain with The 1975rsquos George Daniel and Chloe Kraemer accompanied by a beautiful live alternate version of the track directed by Sheila Johansson which sees Amber and her extended live band strip the track back to its bare bones.ldquoI wrote Sad To Breathe some time ago, itrsquos one of the oldest songs on the record.rdquo tells Amber. ldquoIt was very different back then itrsquos gone from being solely electronic to what it is now, mostly live acoustic instrumentation. Itrsquos about that desperate feeling when someone leaves you and the disbelief that they could. Itrsquos funny you could have those kind of insane dramatic thoughts, that feel so real at the time, but can by some miracle look back in fondness to your entire life being ruined. It all circles back around.rdquonbspFour years after her widely celebrated debut Good at Falling, this album sees Bain lean even further into the pop realmndashwith help from Matty Healy and George Daniel from The 1975, Katie Gavin from MUNA and Bon Iverrsquos Justin Vernon among others. Bain credits Gavin especially with injecting her with creative energy and inspiration throughout.The album also sees Bain work alongside producer and engineer Chloe Kraemer Rex Orange County, Lava La Rue, Glass Animals, an experience she describes as ldquolife changingrdquo due to the unspoken, shared understanding between marginalised genders in a creative space.ldquoIrsquod never worked with a woman or queer person in that way before,rdquo Bain says. ldquoItrsquos nice to have someone who completely understands your standpoint and shared experience. Also, I say lsquoshersquo in every song… so itrsquos important that someone understands that.rdquo
