Ambient adventure Sable gives an indie pop star her gaming debut

Ambient adventure Sable gives an indie pop star her gaming debut

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https://www.polygon.com/e3/2018/6/11/17448942/japanese-breakfast-band-interview-soundtrack-sable-indie-game

Sable is already a standout at this year’s E3 event; the 2019 adventure game from indie studio Shedworks is a gorgeous mixture of graphic novel-like artwork and a calming open world. But one of the most defining features from the game’s teaser trailer, which offers just a peek at Sable, is the music — which, for lifelong gaming fan and accomplished musician Michelle Zauner, comes as a labor of love.

Zauner is better known as Japanese Breakfast, whose second album, Soft Sounds from Another Planet, was released to critical acclaim last year. She’s more than just the frontwoman of a rising indie pop band, of course; she’s an artist, and a writer. She’s also, by her own proud admission, very much into video games. She designed one of her own last year, inspired by her album. Now she’s branching out into a much larger project: creating the ambient sounds of Sable.