Out Now: Miss Grit Releases New Album ‘Under My Umbrella’
“It’s a decisive success from one of NYC’s most distinct exports.” — The Skinny
“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, is out today via Mute and she shares a visualiser for ‘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.”
Listen to ‘Waste Me’ HERE or via the player below.
‘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 and no overthinking to preserve 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 New York City tonight at Nightclub 101 and Los Angeles on Saturday, May 2nd at Scribble. In May, Sohn will support Just Mustard on their North American tour – full details below.
Under My Umbrella is out now on limited-edition crystal-clear vinyl, CD and digitally. Listen to / buy the album HERE
Under My Umbrella Tracklisting
24 April 2026 | STUMM 523
1. Tourist Mind
2. Mind Disaster
3. Won’t Count On You
4. It Feels Like
5. Where Is My Head
6. Stranger
7. You Will Change
8. Overflow
9. Waste Me
Miss Grit Tour Dates:
24 April – New York, NY @ Nightclub 101
2 May – Los Angeles, CA @ Scribble
8 May – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern *
9 May – Vancouver, BC @ Fox Cabaret *
10 May – Portland, OR @ Polaris Hall *
12 May – San Francisco, CA @ Café Du Nord *
14 May – Santa Ana, CA @ Constellation Room *
16 May – Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour *
17 May –Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar *
19 May – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
21 May – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle *
23 May – Toronto, ON @ Garrison *
24 May – Montreal, QC @ Bar le Ritz *
29 May – Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *
30 May – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd *
* = supporting Just Mustard
“A remarkable debut album the demands your full attention.”
– Electronic Sound
“A striking debut with both surrealistic tendencies and melodic hooks marking Miss Grit as one to watch.” – The Skinny
“In a concept album exploring the role of the cyborg, Sohn’s observations are, in a roundabout way, brilliantly human.” – The Line Of Best Fit
“A bold statement that we can actually be whatever we choose, all at once, now and forever”
– Juno
“…utterly captivating debut album.” – Future Music