At just nineteen years old, indie-folk artist Lilly Marshall has curated a life of wanderlust and adventure seeking, finding solace in open spaces. Like therapeutic highways, her songs are an invitation to join her and stay a while—maybe even catch a sunrise. A combination of driven grooves, hook-laden melodies, and sweet folk-tinged vocals, provide a sense of familiar comfort, that fits just right. With influences ranging from Grace Potter and Caamp to Sublime and Jack Johnson, her songs stitch together a sonic surfternative patchwork, held together with love, paving the way for one yearning heart at a time.

Marshall was born and raised on the New Jersey shoreline to her Nicaraguan mother and Dutch/Irish father. Her early years were heavily shaped by her parent’s painful divorce which was finalized by the time she was seven. “They did the best they could at the time but were just so young,” recalls Marshall. “I had to grow up a little faster than most. I was a very independent child. I had two older brothers but a lot of the responsibility fell on me. Because of it, I adopted qualities that have made me who I am today. It showed me that I can face hard things and that I will always be strong. I longed for a certain upbringing for so long, but now looking back I would not change a thing.”

As a child, Marshall frequented the legendary Stone Pony, with her mother, who was friendly with the club’s owners and accompanied her on road trips to her hometown of New Orleans. The trips kindled her thirst for travel while she soaked in the sounds, seeped in history. “Music and wonder were infused in my blood.” By the time Marshall was 17, she had already traveled across the country on her own, the backseat of her Jeep armed with a bed and curtains—the proper accouterments for a gypsy soul. 

Marshall’s debut single “Ocean Song”, about accepting that people can love you, only as much as they can, is set to release on March 31st. It was recorded with the help of Grammy-winning songwriter/producer, Marc Swersky and co-written by Marshall, Swersky, and Brielle Brown. The new season marks new horizons for the traveling songstress. “My goal is to never regret. Any opportunity I get, I want to seize. Any place I can go, I want to go. I want to feel everything, from falling in love to gut-wrenching heartbreak. I don’t want to miss out on a thing because one day, I won’t be here. I just want my time here to be worthwhile.”

For now, she’s riding the waves of life and making her days count—witnessed by the sand and the sea.