The Army

Bio

The Army, The Navy is the folk-pop duo of Maia Ciambriello and Sasha Goldberg, childhood friends from Mill Valley, California, who later studied songwriting together at Loyola University in New Orleans and moved to Los Angeles. They are signed to New Gold Medal, a label started by Goldberg's cousin Marc E. Bassy, and first drew notice on TikTok. In 2024 they released the EPs Fruit for Flies and Sugar for Bugs, including "Vienna (In Memoriam)" and "Persimmon," and in June 2026 they released the debut album Fake Brave Life.

The band

• Maia Ciambriello

  Half of The Army, The Navy; she grew up in Mill Valley, California, and writes and sings with Sasha Goldberg.

• Sasha Goldberg

  Half of The Army, The Navy; a Mill Valley childhood friend of Ciambriello who studied songwriting with her in New Orleans.