Marissa Nadler

On February 27, 2026, Marissa Nadler plays The Sound Garage in Toronto. The Boston-based singer-songwriter, trained in visual arts at RISD, crafts intimate folk that drifts toward dream pop and dark americana, built on slow, precise guitar arpeggios and an airy voice that threads fragmented narratives. Live, she keeps it close and minimal, letting reverb, space and subtle ambient hues shape the contours of each song.

The set reaches across her catalogue: the stark early pieces from Ballads of Living and Dying and The Saga of Mayflower May, the broadened textures of Songs III: Bird on the Water and Little Hells, the self-titled pivot and its companion The Sister, then the misted tones of July and Strangers. More recent cuts from For My Crimes and The Path of the Clouds bring tighter storytelling and a patient pulse, with occasional shadows of the heavier drones heard on Droneflower, her collaboration with Stephen Brodsky. Expect a nocturnal, unhurried set where melodies linger and images surface, up close at The Sound Garage.