Japanese Breakfast w/ Mannequin Pussy: Sold Out @ The Masquerade!
Japanese Breakfast is a Philadelphia based indie rock band that consists of Michelle Zauner, Peter Bradley, Craig Hendrix, and Deven Craige. Michelle (lead vocals/guitar/piano) not only knows how to rock on stage, but is also a celebrated author and an upcoming director for her debut best-selling book that is being turned into a feature film (Orion Pictures)– Crying in H-Mart: A Memoir. Oh, by the way Michelle is also providing a soundtrack for her movie, so you can safely say Michelle is a very talented and creative artist for this generation. Before knowing anything about this band, I first stumbled across Japanese Breakfast while listening to Sirius/XM Channel 35 (SiriusXMU) one day when the song, “Paprika”, came on the airwaves. Normally, this may or may not have been my thing, but something about that song enthralled me to keep it on that station to listen to the very end. After that, I immediately checked out a few more tracks that had been released such as “Be Sweet” and “Kokomo, IN.”. I felt that Japanese Breakfast was a band that I needed to invest some time in and listen to more of their catalog. Admittingly, I am very late to the game when it comes to knowing the beautiful work done by Michelle and Japanese Breakfast. But as they say, better late than never!
Just a few shorts days into their tour, Japanese Breakfast stopped by The Masquerade (Atlanta) with help from opening support, Mannequin Pussy, to play in front of a sold-out crowd. My request to come and shoot this show was even sent in a week prior to the event, because I was not sure that I would even get accepted to this sold-out tour stop. But every now and then I get lucky! Check out this great set list from The Masquerade show:
Set List: Japanese Breakfast 07/24/2021 The Masquerade
1. Paprika
2. Be Sweet
3. In Heaven
4. The Woman That Loves You
5. Kokomo, IN
6. Tactics
7. Boyish
8. The Body Is A Blade
9. Savage Good Boy
10. Posing In Bondage
11. In Hell
12. Road Head
13. Slide Tackle
14. Till Death
15. Everybody Wants To Love You
16. Posing For Cars
17. Driving Woman
Want to hear some of the incredible music from Japanese Breakfast? Then follow this handy link and head over to their official Bandcamp page to check them out! You can also see if Japanese Breakfast is coming to your town (or possibly close enough) by following this link to their official Tour page.
Mannequin Pussy is also a Philadelphia based indie rock/punk band that consists of Marissa “Missy” Dabice, Kaleen Reading, and Colins “Bear” Regisford. Since this was a sold-out show, you could tell the excitement was building in the crowd from the time the doors opened to let us in around 8 pm. This was my first-time checking Mannequin Pussy out after all this time and let me say that I wish I had seen them beforehand! So much amazing energy and positivity beaming from the stage and directed towards the crowd that it would make anyone smile. Unfortunately, from the start of their set, Marissa had issues with her microphone set up that stemmed from the sound check. Despite asking many times for assistance in fixing the issue to the sound engineers, the problem was never resolved and caused Marissa to wing it on a few songs that required her mic to be run through her board. Despite this issue, Mannequin Pussy made the best of the situation by making the crowd very happy with their energetic and very fiery opening set. Check out their set list below:
Set List: Mannequin Pussy 07/24/2021 The Masquerade
1. Control
2. Who You Are
3. Patience
4. Drunk II
5. Cream
6. Pledge
7. Romantic
8. Fear + Desire
9. To Lose You
10. Everything
11. Kiss
12. Perfect
13. Clue / Sneaky
14. Pigs Is Pigs
Curious about some of Mannequin Pussy’s music? No worries. I have you covered by following this link to their official Bandcamp page to hear what they are all about! Also, head over to Mannequin Pussy’s official tour page to see if they are coming near you!
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