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[ATTENDED: May 29, 2026] Miss Grit

I saw Miss Grit open for Metric back in 2022.  At that show it was Miss Grit with a guitar and a guy with a keyboard.  She sounded a but like early, noisy St. Vincent, with lots of cool guitar sounds.

Here it is four years later.  Miss Grit was by herself on stage, but still with a guitar.  She had all of her backing music on various machines and she played and sang along.  These songs were of a different vibe than the previous show.  These songs were a bit more dancey.  Abut more electronic (kind of like St. Vincent’s later work, actually).  Although the person she most reminded me of was Mitski with her quiet vocals.

There was a guy in front of me who was very theatrical (and he was happy to tell you just how theatrical he was).  He was there just for Miss Grit, I believe and took lots of pictures, including a several of him with her behind him.  He was a character for sure, but I found him a bit much.

Anyhow, Miss Grit had set up a camera so that there were multiple images of her behind her on screen. It wasn’t much, but it was a cool effect.

It turns out she played only songs from her most recent album Under My Umbrella (last time it was all songs from her Follow the Cyborg album, which hadn’t com out yet).  The only thing weird about this format is that most of the songs had minimal guitar.  She played on every song, but the melody was mostly on the backing tracks.  Nothing wrong with that, but her guitar skills are really good, so it’s a shame they were underutilized (like new St. Vincent).

The slower, moodier Where is My Head was very cool sounding.  Although the songs all had a similar feel.

When she started Waste Me, a bunch of people responded excitedly, so maybe that was a single?  It was a little catchier, but not radically different from the other songs.

It was a chill set, especially given how noisy Just Mustard was,. but I enjoyed it and was glad to see her again.

∇ Under My Umbrella (2026) [did not play Won’t Count on You and Overflow]
⇔ Follow the Cyborg (2023) [did not play 사이보그를 따라와and The End]