Maria BC Maria BC (they/them), born in Ohio and living in Oakland, California, has steadily opened up their creative process over the years: from the one-room recording process of the 2021 EP Devil’s Rain, through the 2022 untreated recordings of Hyaline, made while wandering through an apartment, to a family friend’s house with an out-of-tune baby Steckflügel, where the debut for Sacred Bones, Spike Field, was recorded.
Hyaline was a highlight of the ambient folk genre in 2022. Maria BC created eerie pieces in it that seemed to be broadcast straight from the heart of a mystical, cobweb-covered attic. Spike Field takes the hazy sonic language into increasingly produced territory and captures the sound of a voice that has quickly gained contour and expression.