Album Review: Rainer Maria Show You How To Redefine Success In Self-Titled Record
Talent, drive, and creativity are the keys to “success”, but what is success? What if you have the formula, but have no idea what is actually makes? in some way, that is how I view the steps to success. We all know what is needed to get something that is not properly defined. I make this statement to introduce Rainer Maria. This band has had a vast, plenteous career for nearly two decades; dedicating their youth into adulthood for the wonder dream of music. Yet, amongst solo runs, indie hits, and opening tours from main acts like, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rainer Maria’s use their self-titled album is a reanalysis of the term “success”, and what it means when you are living your dream in a not so dreamy reality.
Born in the Midwest 90’s, this indie-rock trio does not lose the era’s penchant for emotionally grained, guitar-grunted rock. Tracks like, “Ornaments of Empty”, “Lower Worlds”, and “Broke Open Love” go into the guts of sadness, feeling at a constant loss, and thinking that losing your mind might be the only peace you get. Yes, that sounds destructive, but one of the reason I love music and believe in humanity is because so many wish for and to heal, and music becomes are enlightening guide to facing the wounds meant for healing. Caithlin De Marrais’s sounds like it has been gritted with pained hiccups and hurtful toils. In songs like, “Communicator and “Blackbird”, you feel as if she is looking upwards to Heaven, and saying, “Hey, I do not belong in Hell!”. This notion clashes between sadness and anger, which is why sometimes she can sound like she is drowning fragility only to turn around and appear like a tsunami of fired rage. Yet, no matter what, anger and sadness, though they can appear like strengtheners, they stem from darkened feelings. Lyrically, Rainer Maria acknowledge this, which is why the album is the titular record for every time you felt a dream wronged you with its presentation, and you had to find a way to make you vision feel right to you gain.
Sentimentally, Rainer Maria is a poignant record, but it is one for when you want to go to the bit of your heart that is locked. There are certain artists/ albums that you can only hear when you are ready to honestly say, “Life sucks!”. Yet, there can be something moving and healing about that acknowledgment, which is why Rainer Maria, instrumentally, arrange this album to be like an 90’s inspired avenue to the idyllic images we had for ourselves, and an underground route into the better ones we need to gain. For More Information on Rainer Maria And To Buy Their Self-Titled On August 18 Click Here.
