I remember my friend Tim Ortopan was so excited after he bought Rainer Maria’s latest (well, April ’06) album Catastrophe Keeps Us Together that he had me listening to it within 24 hours of purchase. It’s a shame there don’t seem to be any free, legal and full-length MP3s from Catastrophe… available to post here, because they’d be a good fit at the top of our list, showing the all-important change over time (“delta” from science class, right?). If you can’t hear the development and maturity of a band while working bottom-up through the selection of songs below, go get your earwax cleaned out! Obviously, I think Catastrophe… continues this trend with wonderful results. From pounding drums and entwined screaming voices back in the ’90s to today’s complex and melodic sounds, Rainer Maria just makes good music.
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reminds me of a slightly more punky more structured Mates of State, epically Artificial Light.
This band single handedly changed everything about music for me. Completely shifted my direction in taste and exploration. Plus totally got me hooked on girl boy vocals! Way to go 3hive =)
One of the classic bands of the last several years. Thanks for the post and the generous amount of mp3s. Folks ought to check out Kyle Fischer's solo record as well. Very impressive.
cheers, baby
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OMG MR. ORTOPAN IS MY INTERNATIONAL ISSUES TEACHER!!!
he is AMAZING!
what up gangsta's….