Tough Touch released on March 6th, 2026, via her new label home Slouch Records, sharing its driving and irresistible lead single “Too Fast To Last” as an auspicious preview. On her defining sophomore record, the Missouri-born, now LA based, former Brooklynite emerges from years of relentless motion.

Gillett has lived a lot of life in the time surrounding her acclaimed 2022 debut album no roof no floor (which earned great press from The FADER, Paste, Rolling Stone, FLOOD, Brooklyn Vegan, and more): touring and traveling nonstop, enduring painful breakups and a horrific near-death experience while filming a DIY video, and moving to Los Angeles after calling New York home for eight years. She also just completed her second headlining European tour, further cementing her growing international audience, with recent press highlights including continued support from outlets like Sound Opinions, Bandcamp, Post Trash, Aquarium Drunkard, Talkhouse, Paste & NPR. Rendered with the gritty, glittery cosmic twang that makes her sound so singular, Tough Touch encapsulates the profound growth and vulnerability of this period and finds Gillett breaking new ground as a lyricist–each moment energized by her powerhouse vocals.

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Drawing inspiration from Neil Young, PJ Harvey, Hole, and Lucinda Williams, among others, Gillett and her collaborators recorded largely live with Stuart Sikes (Cat Powers, The White Stripes, Modest Mouse) at his Austin studio, resulting in an album that surprises and mesmerizes at every turn—twangy yet brimming with raw urgency, grungy but soft at times, always expansive in its emotional range.

Specifically with this record, I learned to have more confidence and to never settle for less or give up. I learned how to love myself and others more. When to stand my ground and follow my intuition–though it may be against the grain. ” Tough Touch is the sound of an artist who trusted the process even when it was frightening, who stayed vulnerable even when it was painful, and who emerged with something undeniably her own.