RainerMaria is a trio of musicians who have rediscovered themselves through thiscollection of songs. I can say with assurance that this is the first notablerelease of 2003 for me, and is worth as much praise as I can muster for it.

The band continues to trudge forward in anever-evolving sound that continues to demonstrate the ingenuity and poignancyof all of their previous releases.

This is what I wish every female-frontedindie band sounded like.

Riveting. There's an intensity here that'shard to resist.

At the same time they are treading new groundfor themselves, they are not losing any sense of who they are or where theycame from. Which is very refreshing. It seems most times bands shift to a newdirection, they alienate a lot of old fans, but Rainer Maria have played their hand perfectly.

Oh, rock, I never knew you could sound sopretty!

Throw this disc in your player and crank up the volume....Smart and achingly sincere, the group is at its best when it lets the guitars whine and vocalist Caithlin De Marrais soar...