Last Updated on 2026-02-28 by a-indie
Maria BC is an American singer-songwriter known for her delicate folk sound.
Her third studio album 『Marathon』is her second release on Sacred Bones, an ambitious work built around the theme of “resistance and endurance.”
The guitar Maria BC plays throughout this album moves between freshness and ethereal mystery, showing a remarkably wide range of expression.
The tone shifts dramatically from track to track, yet every moment carries a strange transparency — an “unshakable clarity” that admits no outside color.
Who Is Maria BC
Raised with her father’s involvement in music at a local church, Maria BC trained in classical music and grew up as a mezzo-soprano.
She began composing in earnest during the pandemic, and the whispered singing she practiced out of consideration for her neighbors became the origin of her current style.
It may be a slight exaggeration to say Maria BC feels like someone standing at the very edge of the world — yet her sound carries an undeniably spiritual presence.
『Marathon』
『Marathon』goes beyond the simple act of listening to music.
On the title track “Marathon,” the emotional tide rises without warning, and as the album progresses, the ego and the very “meaning of being human” slowly recede.
There is a feeling of being cast into nature, where only the spirit travels. Then, in a sudden moment of self-awareness, the nameless emotions that have accumulated beneath the surface threaten to break open.
What follows is less a review than the personal account of one listener’s experience.
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