I Am Standing at the End of the World.

Come find me, Caithlin De Marrais. I'll be waiting.

Also, check out Rainer Maria's myspace for Life of Leisure, track 2 of Catastrophe Keeps Us Together.

I sortof kept track of Rainer Maria over the last few years. The vocal duet of De Marrais and guitarist Kyle Fischer reminded me a bit of John Doe and Exene Cervenka -- lovely individually but cacaphonic together (to my ears, anyway.) But I always wanted to hear more De Marrais. So I was thrilled with Catastrophe , which is purely Caithlin on vocals, only to find out in December that Rainer Maria had broken up two weeks earlier.

I sincerely hope that De Marrais, Fischer, and (drummer) William Kuehn find suitable arrangements soon. Catastrophe might not have kept them together, but it is one hell of a resume builder. I listen to it daily.