Submarine (The Marías album)

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Submarine
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Studio album by
the Marías
ReleasedMay 31, 2024 (2024-05-31)
Genre
Length45:13
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Label
Producer
The Marías chronology
Cinema
(2021)		Submarine
(2024)
Singles from Submarine
  1. "Run Your Mouth"
    Released: March 7, 2024
  2. "Lejos De Ti"
    Released: April 5, 2024
  3. "If Only" / "No One Noticed"
    Released: May 3, 2024

A couple of the songs on the album started like "Paranoia" where we were all just together in the room and the energy of all of us being together just creates a song. And then you know, the other songs were pretty much the same process. With the EPs and Cinema it would be Josh and I in the studio sometimes starting with a chord progression, sometimes starting with the lyric or concept and hoping for the best.

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—Vocalist María Zardoya on recording Submarine [3]

Submarine is the second studio album by American indie pop band the Marías, released on May 31, 2024. The album received positive reviews from critics. The album marked their first studio release since Cinema, released in 2021.

Recording and release

After finishing their Cinema tour promoting their previous album, María Zardoya and Josh Conway had broken up romantically and the band took a six-month hiatus, [4] including spending four months apart before the first sessions which would later become Submarine. [5] The band members collectively went to therapy and used the emotional process of the breakup to inform the music. [4] The film Three Colours: Blue inspired many elements of the album, including the "very intentional" colour palette shift from red to blue. [6]

In the lead up to Submarine, four singles were released. "Run Your Mouth" was released on March 7, 2024 alongside a music video. The song was written shortly after their breakup in which María felt "conflict avoidant" at the time, [7] and the song had also previously been performed on tour since 2022. [8] "Lejos De Ti" was released alongside another video on April 5, 2024, which was shot at Lake Tahoe. [9] The final two singles, "If Only" and "No One Noticed", were released on May 3, 2024 simultaneously. On May 28, 2024, over 100 record stores across the United States held public listening parties for Submarine, where exclusive merch was sold and the Marías' new album was played. The album was released on May 31, 2024.

Reception

Writing at the Associated Press, Elise Ryan praised the "genre-bending experimentation that characterized" the band's previous work made up of "varied, lush productions" that listeners "will enjoy sinking into". [10] Robin Murray of Clash Music rated this album a 7 out of 10, stating that "this is a crisp album, well curated and often surprising" that advances the band's sound, helping them to "move past the barrier of the tricky second album with no small degree of confidence". [2] Editors at Stereogum chose this as Album of the Week, where Chris DeVille, calling it the "soundtrack of the summer" and he compared the music to Beach House and BADBADNOTGOOD. [1]

On June 4, Stereogum did a roundup of the best albums of the year so far and ranked Submarine at 47, with Chris DeVille stating that it "continues the Marías' mastery of their own unique combination of psych, jazz, lounge, downtempo, dream-pop, and more". [11]

Track listing

Submarine – track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Ride"
  • María Zardoya
  • Josh Conway
Conway1:21
2."Hamptons"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
Conway3:08
3."Echo"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
Conway3:29
4."Run Your Mouth"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
Conway2:40
5."Real Life"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
  • Edward James
  • Jesse Perlman
Conway3:26
6."Blur"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
  • Perlman
  • Marvin Figueroa
  • David Leavitt
  • Gabriel Steiner
Conway3:45
7."Paranoia"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
  • James
  • Perlman
Conway3:51
8."Lejos de Ti"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
Conway2:59
9."Love You Anyway"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
  • Perlman
Conway3:57
10."Ay No Puedo"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
  • Doron Zounes
Conway3:01
11."No One Noticed"
  • Conway
  • Buccellati
3:56
12."Vicious Sensitive Robot"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
Conway3:14
13."If Only"
Conway2:36
14."Sienna"
  • Zardoya
  • Conway
Conway3:44
Total length:45:13

Personnel

The Marías

Additional

Charts

Weekly chart performance for Submarine
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [12] 12
US Billboard 200 [13] 17
US Top Rock & Alternative Albums [13] 6

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