Maria Usbeck - Envejeciendo (2019)

Born in Quito, Ecuador, Maria's Usbeck's music is inspired and informed by her childhood in South America, her young adult life in New York City, and her many world travels in between. Following her 2016 solo debut, the tropical bricolage Amparo, Maria returns with her sophomore album, Envejeciendo, a collection of songs written and recorded across New York City, New Zealand, Japan, and Florida. Titled for the Spanish word for 'aging,' Envejeciendo explores Maria's first-hand experience with getting older, but filtered through her personal kaleidoscope of world textures and dreamlike narratives. The resulting record is an eccentric collection of Spanglish synth-pop, sun-dappled and mirror-polished, out of place and time.