Haruhi Kobayashi (Album Release) w/ Bloofer Girls (feat. SlugScape) & Anna Johnson

Haruhi Kobayashi (Album Release) w/ Bloofer Girls (feat. SlugScape) & Anna Johnson

thu29jan7:30 pm9:30 pmHaruhi Kobayashi (Album Release) w/ Bloofer Girls (feat. SlugScape) & Anna Johnson

Time

January 29, 2026 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Location

Epiphany Center For The Arts: The Catacombs

201 S Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60607

AGE REQUIREMENT

Must be 21+ with a Valid ID

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Event Details

Haruhi Kobayashi (Album Release) w/ Bloofer Girls (feat. SlugScape) & Anna Johnson

Date: Thursday, January 29th, 2026

Doors: 5:00PM to Venue | 7:00PM to Catacombs

Showtime: 7:30PM

Tickets: Advanced - $20 (+$4.72 fees, including tax)  | Day of Show - $25 (+$5.13 fees, including tax)

‘Service charges apply to ALL ticket purchases (online and box office)’ - Credit card only at door

About Haruhi Kobayashi:

Haruhi Kobayashi’s life in sound is woven through her new work, Maybe You Should Talk To Someone. Growing up in Tokyo, she was singing from the moment she could speak, played taiko drums as a child, and first released music eight years ago as a teen J-pop singer-songwriter. Pulling at these past threads, she explores the themes of bi-cultural identity, tradition, and existentialism while seeking to liberate sound from preconception. Her work distills experimental pop, classical composition, and avant-garde songwriting through voice, bass, and electronics.

Mark Rothko said, “I’m interested in only expressing basic human emotions - tragedy, ecstasy, doom and so on.” Borrowing its title from a self-help book, Kobayashi’s new album, Maybe You Should Talk To Someone, is a diary that cheekily references the intersecting arc of intention and experience. Bass Extreme 5000 imitates the vibrations and movement of water, Fuluis is an aural reflection of a traumatic event, ((dance)) is a textural representation of the pressure and suppression often felt by Asian women. The album is dotted with the musical influences of her formative years – taiko and catchy hooks ripple throughout.

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone captures a transitional stage of Kobayashi’s practice. The pendulum swing from mainstream pop to experimental is slowly returning to the space in between.

Monastral will release Maybe You Should Talk To Someone as a limited-edition cassette and digital download on January 23, 2025.

About Bloofer Girls:

Lucy journeys through the night to answer a dark and thrilling call. Weaving through visions, nightmares and foggy wakefulness, found-object-shadow-puppet sister act Bloofer Girl Puppets helps Lucy weigh the ultimate choice.

About Anna Johnson:

Anna Johnson’s hypnotic, devotional sonic landscapes are drawn from explorations of voice and electroacoustic instrumentation. Her sound weaves medieval-influenced vocal melodies, chants, and choral layering with synthesizer atmospheres, heavy drone textures, and forays into experimental pop.


Golden Hour at Epiphany:

Stop by Epiphany for our live music series concerts, and be sure to hit Golden Hour before-hand for drinks and lite-bites! Doors open at 5pm Thursday - Saturday for Golden Hour with 1/2 priced bottles of wine and other specials!

Come early to EXPLORE and DISCOVER your own EPIPHANY… our art galleries are open and there is free entertainment before the show!

Please note that outside food or beverages are not permitted in the venue.

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