“The Japanese House bears all on her heartbreaking debut”
“In 2015, Amber Bain – aka The Japanese House – released her debut EP ‘Pools To Bathe In’. At this point, her moniker was shrouded in mystery, with the EP being released alongside limited press images and as a result got fan’s tongues wagging about who The Japanese House actually was; but one thing that people agreed on was that her four-song collection of glitchy indietronica was excellent. Over ”
“On her debut album, the British singer-songwriter Amber Bain lets go of her self-consciousness and, with some help from the 1975, makes the transformation from hesitant outsider to unlikely pop star.”
“It’ll be with some surprise that a lot of people register that this is Amber Bain’s debut album. It feels as if she’s been around forever, not least because her position as part of the Dirty Hit stable has afforded her no end of coverage and constant live exposure, with support slots to similarly zeitgeisty label mates like Wolf Alice and her de facto mentors, The 1975. It’s also down to the fact ”
“Here’s what Good At Falling has going for it: singer/songwriter Amber Bain creates an immensely lush soundscape, not unlike a dream. It is oddly meditative, a narcotic wall of sound. Unfortunately, like a dream, there isn’t a lot to remember after the album is done playing. A protégée of The 1975, Bain has all of the electronic-pop influences going for her, but they don’t go anywhere. Instead, Go”
