people stories (EP) UMI

• 1 SOMETIMES 00:01
• 2 WHAT NOW 02:40
• 3 GROCERY STORE 00:01
• 4 THE UNIVERSE 00:01
• 5 ITS BEEN A WHILE 00:01
• 6 RAIN RAIN 00:01
• 7 PINK CAMO 00:01
• 8 THE LIMIT 00:01
• 9 MANGO STICKY RICE 00:01
• 10 FAMILIAR FRIEND 00:01
• 11 RIGHT/WRONG 00:01
• 12 HARD TRUTHS 02:26
• 13 SOMEWHERE NEW 02:14
• 14 SAFEROOM 00:01
• 15 10AM 03:36
• Total Runtime 11:07

Info for people stories (EP)

Los Angeles-based, Seattle-born artist UMI releases her long-awaited new album people stories, due out August 22.

Blending her signature fusion of R&B, neo-soul, folk, and pop, UMI invites listeners into a sonic landscape that’s as intimate as a journal entry. people stories draws on real-life experiences shared by friends, fans, and the artist herself, woven together with raw emotion, poetic lyricism, and ambient textures recorded in her own home.

people stories is UMI’s most personal and expansive to date, showcasing an even wider range of soundscapes and feelings. Along with outros from her therapist during the writing process, the songs weave narratives together and the album’s recorded-as-live performances pay tribute to life’s beautiful messiness. “I wanted to be the storyteller, the vessel to express everyone’s stories,” UMI says of crafting the record. “We all live very similar lives, same colors, slightly different hues. I find that to be very comforting. While writing this album, I found myself in every story I was expressing. I was reminded of how colorful the human experience is. For me, learning to accept even the darkest colors of life was deeply healing and possible through relating to others.”

UMI

UMI
As a singer, songwriter, and sonic healer whose genre-defying sound blends R&B, neo-soul and folk, UMI has proven to be a rising musical force. Born and raised in Seattle to a multicultural and musically inclined family, UMI found her voice early, and initially started sharing acoustic songs and covers on SoundCloud during high school. Her deeply introspective lyrics and calming presence quickly built her a loyal following, leading her to leave USC to continue honing her craft and focus on her career.

Her album, ‘People Stories’, marks a new chapter. Inspired by her loved ones, fans, strangers, and her own experiences, the project explores ego, healing, identify and connection – all filtered through her signature tranquil songwriting. The album is her most personal and expansive to date, featuring both spoken word outros from her therapist and guide with sonic imperfections intentionally left in as a tribute to life’s beautiful messiness. People Stories is deeply universal, seamlessly weaving through various styles like R&B, folk and pop, with each track offering its own texture. For UMI, People Stories is both a reclamation of her past and a tribute to collective growth.

This album contains no booklet.