Nestled inside any other genre, Rainer Maria's caterwauling duets would probably be hung by their britches -- but this is American emocore, which necessitates musicians caress while sounding like atonal Wire demos.
A tricky business, to be sure, and it's not an envious occupation.
Past Worn Searching repeatedly builds on the deception of traditional rows and loud-soft choruses, puncturing holes in transitions, never minding the inclusion of off-key belts and stories of Hepatitis A.
This is mostly a neutered trick despite itself.
The album never overcomes its usual trappings either in the album's own ingredients -- one can see the volume jolts coming a mile away -- or the genre itself.
In many ways, a beggar's version of the Tiny and Vanessa dynamics in Ultrasound.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tin Foil | Rainer Maria | Play | 04:55 | 11 MB | 33 MB |
| 2 | Half Past April | Rainer Maria | Play | 04:21 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 3 | Viva Anger, Viva Hate | Rainer Maria | Play | 03:11 | 7 MB | 18 MB |
| 4 | Always More Often | Rainer Maria | Play | 05:32 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 5 | Sickbed | Rainer Maria | Play | 05:48 | 13 MB | 35 MB |
| 6 | Never in Anger | Rainer Maria | Play | 04:58 | 11 MB | 29 MB |
| 7 | New York, 1955 | Rainer Maria | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| 8 | Homeopathy | Rainer Maria | Play | 04:41 | 10 MB | 29 MB |
| 9 | Put Me to Sleep | Rainer Maria | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 23 MB |
| 41 mins | 95 MB | |||||
| 41 mins | 248 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dale Meiners | Engineer, Producer |
| 2 | Rainer Maria | Primary Artist, Producer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |