Rainer Maria are no more, according to Pitchfork:
The end of 2006 will also bring the end of Rainer Maria, as the long-running band announced today that they will call it quits after two final shows, taking place December 15 and December 16 at Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church and New York City’s Bowery Ballroom.
It’s a really a shame, since I was just starting to get back into the band. I was a big fan in college, but had really lost track of them until I heard this year’s Catastrophe Keeps Us Together. I wrote about it back in April, and it made my Top 10 Albums of 2006 (so far) list in May.
Since I talked about them there, I won’t go into a lot of detail today, except to say that I’ll miss them and hope they continue to pursue music in solo projects. And if you haven’t heard any of their stuff, check out a couple of these:
from Catastrophe Keeps Us Together
Catastrophe
Clear and True
from A Better Version of MeSpit and Fire
from the Atlantic EPAtlantic
And just listen to Caithlin go totally nuts. Who else could make a line like “everything expires, tonight there’s no denying, even you and I will die, so why are we hesitating?” sound so great?