These two are all you need to whip up tamago kake gohan — a very popular Japanese breakfast food. The long-time traditional staple of many Japanese households has a unique origin story.

But things aren’t the same – Japanese Breakfast have come back recalibrated. “I’ve always looked at my job as a gift,” Zauner tells NME over Zoom three days after the album’s release.

Japanese Breakfast let the process of fermentation impact and fuel their art by inspiring them to perpetuate generational memory in their music.