Marathon is the third studio album by the American musician Maria BC. It was released on February 27, 2026, through Sacred Bones Records to generally favorable reviews.
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Reception
According to the review aggregator Metacritic, Marathon received "generally favorable reviews" based on a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 from 7 critic scores. Writing for The Quietus, Amanda Farah described the album as a "very textural composition," and that Maria BC has "pulled back sharply on the production, and these decisions build a low-simmering, tense mood in a gentle guise."
Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal.
Maria BC – acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, percussion, piano, synthesizer, zither, production, engineering (all tracks); vocals (tracks 1–5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13)
Ruairi O'Brien – mixing (all tracks), percussion (2, 3, 13)
Greg Obis – mastering
Cole Pulice – saxophone (10)
Saber Sutphin – album art
Mercy Charlotte Reise – layout