The Japanese House

As leftfield pop stars of the 2010s do, British singer-songwriter Amber Bain launched her prismatic synth vehicle, The Japanese House, from the shadows. No press shots or fantastical PR narratives, only anonymous, brittle indie pop, possibly your third grade math teacher moonlighting as a Cocteau Twin. This year’s Good At Falling colors in the scene a bit, with Bain finally recognizable as the twenty-three-year old savant behind her fog machine. With Art School Girlfriend.