Rainer Maria
Madison, WI, emo trio Rainer Maria emerged in 1995 from the ashes of another poetically inclined local combo, Ezra Pound, reuniting singer/guitarist Kyle Fischer and drummer William Kuehn. Enlisting singer/bassist Caithlin De Marrais, within six weeks Rainer Maria recorded their first demo cassette, quickly selling out all 350 copies. Following a handful of compilation appearances, the group resurfaced in 1996 with a self-titled EP on Polyvinyl; the single "New York: 1955" appeared in early 1997, heralding a shift toward the more subtle melodicism of th...[more]
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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Better Version of Me and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. After postponing the record for three months to continue revisions, and then burning through nearly a month of 18-hour days in the studio, Rainer Maria emerge clutching a masterwork of the postpunk literati: "A Better Version of Me." Singer Caithlin De Marrais sounds positively remade. Viscerally affecting, but not eviscer [ read more ]
LP $10.99
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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Hell and High Water and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! This slender volume encompasses an excerpt of Rainer Maria's forthcoming, full length. Meticulously edited by Mark Haines and Elliott Dicks at Smart Studios and published through Polyvinyl Press, "Hell and High Water" offers an enticing -- if painfully brief -- glimpse into what may be the "meisterwerk" of the postpunk literati.
7" $4.00
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Insound LP+MP3! Purchase the vinyl format of Look Now Look Again and you'll receive a link to download the MP3s for free immediately after check-out! VINYL FORMAT. The LP has been out of print for nearly a decade. It set the high standard for which Rainer Maria will always be viewed. LP is on premium 180-gram vinyl and includes a digital download code.
LP $13.99
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