08:08 AM - The Fire
Since Rainer Maria's breakup in 2006, the members of that band have apparently been hard at work. I'm not sure what William Kuehn has been up to musically (if someone out there does, let me know!), but I know that Kyle and Caithlin have both spent some time playing with the incredibly fun collective Balthrop, Alabama (they played my After The Jump CMJ Day Party at The Yard) in addition to working on their own projects. Kyle Fischer has been heavily involved in recording projects, one of them being the solo debut from his former bandmate, Caithlin De Marrais. The full album, My Magic City, will be released in a few months, but for now De Marrais has a Valentine's Day gift for you: a free mp3 of the single "The Fire." Listen and download it from End Up Records. You are also encouraged to check out The Evergreen Network, a Connecticut-based HIV/AIDS outreach organization that Caithlin's mom is involved with. The song itself is a beautifully sparse piano-driven piece that doesn't stray too far from the melower later RM material, but feels a bit more mature and sad: it concludes with the haunting repetition of "Bells ring out in the distance, are they for us? No, they're not for us." If this is any indication of what "My Magic City" sounds like, Rainer Maria fans should be happy - especially others whose music taste may have "grown up" a bit in the past few years. Caithlin De Marrais has a big show at Joe's Pub on April 18th, but you can get a preview (and hopefully a lot of new material from the upcoming record) in two weeks at Sound Fix in Williamsburg. She'll be playing a FREE show there on Thursday, February 28th. Opening band TBA soon (if you think it should be your band, get in touch with me quickly...)! Happy Valentine's Day! Update: CMJ has a news story up about this, with some insight from Kyle Fischer.
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