Who We Are: The Marías, From the Kibitz Room to Submarine
We are The Marías, a band from Los Angeles. We make dream pop with a pull toward psychedelic soul, and we sing in English and Spanish. Here is the short version of how we got here.
Where did The Marías start?
It started at the Kibitz Room, the bar inside Canter's Deli in Los Angeles. María Zardoya was performing there, and Josh Conway was running the sound. They met that night, and in 2016 the band that grew out of that meeting became The Marías.
Why "The Marías"?
The band takes its name from María, our lead singer. She is from Puerto Rico and grew up in Snellville, Georgia. We write the name with the accent: The Marías.
Who is in the band?
- María Zardoya: lead vocals and guitar
- Josh Conway: drums, percussion, keys and production
- Jesse Perlman: guitar
- Edward James: keyboards and synths
Carter Lee played bass with us in earlier years.
What does our music sound like?
Soft, warm and a little cinematic: indie and alternative pop, dream pop and psychedelic soul. A song can start in English and end in Spanish, or stay in one language the whole way through. We started with two EPs, Superclean Vol. I in 2017 and Superclean Vol. II in 2018, and then made two albums, Cinema in 2021 and Submarine in 2024.
Where do the designs come from?
From the same place as the songs. Our four faces washed in red, a black-and-white Cinema portrait, running horses, our red script logo and a pair of blue eyes all made it into the collection. Each design comes on tees, long sleeves, crewnecks and hoodies, plus kids' and youth sizes.
Thank you for listening, and for wearing it. Browse every design in the shop.