The Japanese House - Swim Against The Tide

Amber Bain’s new ‘Swim Against The Tide’ EP marks the culmination of a year of reinvention for The Japanese House. Creeping out of the woodwork last year, plagued with stage- and camera-fright, 2016’s seen Amber come into her own, embracing arena stages and finding faith in her own voice. The record’s title-track takes that new mindset and runs with it.

Everything’s packed with confidence. Opening with an almost structureless exploration of steel pans and crackling percussion, no stone’s left half-turned. Amber and her production whizz partner George (of some band called The 1975, no less) take everything to its furthest climes. Testing the boundaries of every bell and whistle, it’s an expansive reimagining of those otherworldly first steps.

“It’s so hard to swim against the tide,” she admits, but in embracing those less comfortable waters, The Japanese House’s horizons have started to look endless.

The Japanese House’s new EP ‘Swim Against The Tide’ is out November 11th via Dirty Hit.