After postponing this record for three months to continue revision, Rainer Maria emerge clutching the masterwork of the postpunk literati: "A Better Version of Me." Singer Caithlin De Marrais sounds positively remade. Viscerally affecting, but not eviscerated -- listen to "Hell and High Water." Check the high notes on "Thought I Was." Her bass playing is adroit and smooth, and on tracks like "Atropine," triplets well up from the bottom octave. Guitarist Kyle Fischer has torn apart and tweaked out every pie...   [ read 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 eviscerated -- listen to "He...   [ read more ]

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