Japanese Breakfast’s Liberty Hall set was a storybook come to life

Japanese Breakfast with Ginger Root Liberty Hall Monday, September 8

If Monday night’s show wasn’t sold out, it was damned close–as were the quarters of Liberty Hall. While it’s great to get to see someone you know every fifth person, cramming one’s self into a doorway alcove for the better part of three hours means you really ought to be into the act you’re there to see.

Thankfully, my wife and I have wanted to see Japanese Breakfast for ages and ages, and when you’re given the chance to do so five minutes from your house, you cram down any social anxiety you might have from your third sold-out (or near enough as to make no difference) show in five days and fit yourself wherever the hell you can.

The trick with Japanese Breakfast is to have listened to every album from Psychopomp to Mi