Performing at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles last Thursday (15 August), Amber Bain (aka The Japanese House) brought out special guest Katie Gavin for a performance of "Morning Pages", from The Japanese House's 2023 album, In the End it Always Does, which features Gavin's band MUNA.

Later, Gavin returned to the stage to perform a previously-unheard track, "Inconsolable", from her upcoming solo album, What a Relief, out 25 October via Phoebe Bridgers's Saddest Factory Records. Bain has not been announced as a featured artist on the album version, but she's a big fan of the song nonetheless.

Introducing the track, she told the crowd, "What we're about to play has not only been confirmed by me, but also my girlfriend and my best friend, as ‘the best song ever written.'"

"Think about what they're expecting to hear now that you've said that," Gavin replied, nervously.

Watch audience footage of the performance below:

This coming weekend, The Japanese House will play both Reading and Leeds Festivals in the UK. Their most recent release was standalone single ":)", which came out in June ahead of a US tour with Maggie Rogers.

Following the release of What a Relief, which also features a collaboration with Mitski and recent single "Aftertaste", Katie Gavin will embark on her first major tour as a solo artist, starting in the Pacific Northwest.

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