To limit Puerto Rico musically to the confines of reggaeton is to miss out on a big part of what's on offer on the island. The success of Bad Bunny and Tainy is the focus of attention, but the soundtrack of this corner of the Caribbean can also be appreciated today through other projects that even spread the word of Puerto Rican in exile. This is the case of The Marías, the band of María Zardoya, a Puerto Rican who has found the perfect allies in Los Angeles with whom to combine the psychedelic cadence of Khruangbin, the ear for melodies by Kali Uchis, the placid groove of TOPS and the homemade charm of Cuco in a final mix that contains all the light of California’s golden hour.
 
What Josh Conway, Jesse Perlman, Edward James, Gabe Steiner and Zardoya do when they become The Marías could be categorized by many labels (psych-soul, bedroom funk, lounge pop?) and it would still be very difficult to define, but that's exactly what is making their proposal bigger and bigger every day. Next autumn they will return to Barcelona and Madrid to present Submarine, their second album: on 29th October they will perform at Razzmatazz and on 30th October at La Riviera.