Photo credit: Hoseon Sohn
"Miss Grit has a clear vision, and she knows how to make music that's both off-kilter and widely-appealing." - Brooklyn Vegan
"Exploring uncanny sonic spaces is something Miss Grit excels at.”
- Rolling Stone
Miss Grit—the project of New York-based, Korean-American musician Margaret Sohn (they/she)—releases their new album, Under My Umbrella, today via Mute and presents the visualizer for the focus track, “Waste Me.” The song is about the feeling of being misunderstood but being equally unable to express oneself fully: “I’m a real slow book // And a lot is left unsaid // Most things go through me // So I barely exist.”
Sohn reflects: “I learned a lot about myself through making this album; it was an exercise in vulnerability. With “Waste Me,” especially, I had never been so honest with my lyrics. . . to the extent that I almost wasn’t comfortable including it on the album.”
“Waste Me” follows “Mind Disaster,” which Consequence called “a perfect demonstration of their majestic, hypnotic approach,” the “trippy, futuristic electronica” (The Forty-Five) of “Tourist Mind” and the “dreamy electro-pop track” (Stereogum), “Stranger.”
Sohn is a bold experimentalist and architect of sculptural texture, known for deftly moving between analogue and digital, guitar and synths, and creating an immersive cosmos of sound with futuristic frameworks for their searching introspection. For their second full-length album, Under My Umbrella, they’ve lifted the lid on their internal world, lasering in on the anxieties and heartbreak of the past two years. It’s an album that is as immersive and expansive as it is intimate, channeling the noirish atmosphere of classic trip-hop bands, while adding a hefty dose of maximalism and a dream-pop sensibility.
Under My Umbrella began to take shape when Sohn returned from an intense touring schedule where they’d driven themself around North America totally alone. When they returned home, Sohn found themselves yearning to capture that specific, less restrained energy of playing live. Like Follow The Cyborg, its creation mostly took place in Sohn’s Queens apartment. The music came to them quickly, streams of consciousness with one new guiding principle: don’t overthink it. “I tried not to edit too much or force a moment to happen,” they explain, leaning into big choruses where it felt right. Some guitar sounds were first takes, ditto vocals, thus preserving the immediacy and authenticity of the emotion. As such, it’s a densely layered album, charged with electric crescendos that build to moments of unbridled catharsis. “It feels truer to myself, and more of a representation of what is actually coming out of me,” says Sohn.
Miss Grit will play record release shows in NYC tonight at Nightclub 101 and Los Angeles on Saturday, May 2nd at Scribble. In May, they will support Just Mustard on their North American tour. A full list of dates is below.
Under My Umbrella is available now digitally and on limited-edition crystal clear vinyl and CD.
Miss Grit Tour Dates:
4/24/2026 - New York, NY @ Nightclub 101
5/2/2026 - Los Angeles, CA @ Scribble
Fri. May 8 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern *
Sat. May 9 – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret *
Sun. May 10 – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall *
Tue. May 12 – San Francisco, CA @ Café Du Nord *
Thu. May 14 – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room *
Sat. May 16 – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *
Sun. May 17 –Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar *
Tue. May 19 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
Thu. May 21 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle *
Sat. May 23 – Toronto, ON @ Garrison *
Sun. May 24 – Montreal, QC @ Bar le Ritz *
Fri. May 29 – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *
Sat. May 30 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd *
* = supporting Just Mustard
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