Kelsea Ballerini, The Japanese House, MaRynn Taylor

There’s only one thing country fans want from their arena concerts — a heavy dose of genderfluid indie pop introspection! (What’s that? They tend to not want that?) While The Japanese House (aka English singer-songwriter Amber Bain) might seem like an odd choice to be an opening act for pop country star Kelsea Ballerini, it should make for an eclectic evening of music. On acclaimed albums like Good at Falling and In the End It Always Does, The Japanese House constructed a delicate dream pop sound that feels like a warm sonic bath after a hard day. It might not be the type of tuneage to fire up a crowd before the headliner, but maybe chilling them out would be effective in a very different way.

Kelsea Ballerini, The Japanese House, MaRynn Taylor • Fri, March 14 at 7 pm • $55-$412 • All ages • Spokane Arena • 720 W. Mallon Ave. • spokanearena.com