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, 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, including spending four months apart before the first sessions which would later become ''Submarine''. The band members collectively went to therapy and used the emotional process of the breakup to inform the music. The film '' Three Colours: Blue'' inspired many elements of the album, including the "very intentional" colour palette shift from red to blue. 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, and the song had also previously been performed on tour since 2022. "Lejos De Ti" was released alongside another video on April 5, 2024, which was shot at

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. The final two singles, "If Only" and "

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", 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

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, 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". Robin Murray of '' Clash'' 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". Editors at ''

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'' chose this as Album of the Week, where Chris DeVille, calling it the "soundtrack of the summer" and he compared the music to

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. 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

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Track listing

Personnel

The Marías * María Zardoya – lead vocals * Josh Conway – bass, guitar, synthesizer,

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(all tracks); drums (tracks 1–12), keyboards (1–4, 7–12, 14), vocals (12), piano (13) * Jesse Perlman – guitar (tracks 1–12, 14), keyboards (11) * Edward James – keyboards (tracks 5, 7), synthesizer (7) Additional *

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– mastering *

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– mixing * Gianluca Buccellati – production, engineering, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer (track 11) *

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– co-production (track 4) * Gabriel Steiner – co-production (track 6), additional production (5–7), trumpet (5, 6, 10); drums, keyboards (6) * Doron Zounes – co-production, guitar, keyboards (track 10) * Bill Malina –

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(track 12) * Ro Rowan –

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(track 12) * Marta Honer –

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(track 12) * Jayla Tang – violin (track 12) * Stephanie Matthews – violin (track 12)

Charts

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 2024 albums Atlantic Records albums Nice Life Recording Company albums The Marías albums