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Saltmarsh Radio
Saltmarsh Radio are an indie rock band from Portland, Maine, writing songs about the tide and the drive home. Their second record, Low Tide Lights, took them on a forty-date tour.
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Bio
Saltmarsh Radio started in a Portland, Maine practice space in 2017, when Nell Okafor answered Teo Brandt's flyer at the laundromat. Their first tape, Harbor Demos, was recorded in one weekend and sold out at basement shows up and down the coast.
Low Tide Lights, their second record, came out in 2023 and turned a local favourite into a touring band. Ruthie Vance joined on drums in 2019. The Long Tour runs through the autumn of 2026, forty nights in a borrowed van, with every shirt printed by the band.
Listen
These players are stand-ins: a sample band has no music of its own.
Press
“The kind of band that makes a Tuesday feel like a holiday.”
Tidewater Weekly “Low Tide Lights sounds like the last ferry home with the windows down.”
Coastline Zine
Next shows
- Nov 1, 2026Lantern Room, Chicago, IL
- Nov 6, 2026Northern Spoke, Minneapolis, MN
- Nov 12, 2026Grain Hall, Denver, CO
- Nov 20, 2026The Pier Room, Portland, OR
Recent shows
- Oct 16, 2026The Copper Kettle, Philadelphia, PA1 thing fans posted from the night
- Oct 1, 2026Gaslight Annex, Brooklyn, NY1 thing fans posted from the night