Photo by Eric Spaulding (download hi-res)

Marie Stella is a four piece indie noise pop band in Portland, Maine. Two of us are from Away (NJ, by way of Brooklyn, and Chicago). Started at the very end of 2008 and solidified in early 2010 with the recording of  the TRUST ep – along with settling on our permanent lineup with drummer Max Heinz – the band got off to a fast start, playing the CMJ Music Marathon in 2009 and 2010, as well as the 2010 Northside Music Festival in Brooklyn, NY and the Deep Heaven Now Festival in Somerville, MA. We have shared the stage with The Hold Steady, Screaming Females, Land Of Talk, Goes Cube, Clues, Shilpa Ray And Her Happy Hookers, My Teenage Stride, Villianelles, the Art Of Shooting, Humanwine, Lorelei, Coyote Eyes, Saint Solitude, Phantom Buffalo, Lady Lamb The Beekeeper, and many more at venues throughout the Northeast.

The name Marie Stella came from Sydney’s French-Canadian roots, from the Acadian anthem, “Ave Maris Stella.” Hail, Star Of The Sea… we can see the water from our practice space. We are inspired by New England winters, Portland in the summer, where we’ve been and where we’re going.

Photo by Maryanne Ventrice

Photo by Bryan Bruchman

Photo by Bryan Bruchman