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Maria Somerville | |
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 Maria Somerville performing at Sound and Gravity Festival in Chicago, Illinois on 12 September 2025 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Connemara, Ireland |
| Genres | Shoegaze, folk music, dream pop |
| Years active | 2018–present |
| Labels | 4AD |
Maria Somerville is an Irish musician and producer.
Biography
[edit]Somerville is from Connemara in County Galway, Ireland.[1] She began playing music at a young age, taking up singing through her father and uncles[2], and learning how to play guitar from her older brother.[3]
Somerville self-released her debut album The Man Called Stone In My Shoe in 2018, followed by her second album All My People in 2019.[4]
In 2019, Somerville began hosting shows on NTS Radio. In 2021, she began hosting The Early Bird Show, drawing on Irish folk forms alongside ambient music, classic pop, dream pop, experimental music, spoken word, and field recordings.[5]
On 25 April 2025, Somerville released her third album Luster through 4AD. The album incorporates elements of shoegaze, post-punk, and ambient music, centering on the theme of homecoming to her native Connemara after leaving to attend college in Dublin for sound engineering.[6][7] Written in a house on the banks of Lough Corrib, the album was recieved with widespread critical acclaim, including an 8.5/10 and a "Best New Music" designation from Pitchfork.[8][9]
As well as her native Connemara and the community she grew up in, musically Somerville has cited fellow Irishwomen Katie Kim, Róisín Berkley, and Sinéad O’Connor, Grouper, My Bloody Valentine, and Patrick Gallagher as influences on her work.[10][11]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- The Man Called Stone In My Shoe (self-released, 2018)
- All My People (self-released, 2019)
- Luster (4AD, 2025)
Singles
[edit]- Eyes Don't Say It (self-released, 2018)
- Kinky Love (Nancy Sinatra cover, 4AD, 2021)
- Seabird (4AD, 2018)
- Projections (4AD, 2025)
References
[edit]- ^ "Interview: Maria Somerville on 'Luster' and Nature".
- ^ Joshua Minsoo Kim (25 March 2025). "Tone Glow 182: Maria Somerville".
- ^ Dean Van Nguyen (1 April 2025). "Maria Somerville's Luster is a love letter to people and place".
- ^ "All My People by Maria Somerville".
- ^ "The Early Bird Show w/ Maria Somerville".
- ^ Dean Van Nguyen (1 April 2025). "Maria Somerville's Luster is a love letter to people and place".
- ^ "Maria Somerville Makes Experimental Dream Pop Steeped in Irish Tradition". Bandcamp Daily. 8 March 2019.|title=Maria Somerville Makes Experimental Dream Pop Steeped In Irish Tradition|author=Colin Gannon|date=8 March, 2019}}
- ^ "Maria Somerville Luster".
- ^ Garvey, Meaghan (25 April 2025). "Maria Somerville: Luster". Pitchfork. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
- ^ Oscar Ortega (21 April 2025). "Interview: Maria Somerville on 'Luster' and Nature".
- ^ Joshua Minsoo Kim (25 March 2025). "Tone Glow 182: Maria Somerville".