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Ranier maria-atlantic

weetz | LA | 06/13/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"It seems like Ranier Maria can always be counted on to write great songs. These three equal almost everything on Look Now Again (with the possible exception of Feeling Neglected, my personal favorite). Their songs again with this EP are complex and multi-partite without being an intellectual excercise. And the lyrics again are charmingly personal and specific which I always love about them---"Maybe I've lost my faith in history and the only thing I believe in now is the sound of the Atlantic." & "And when the earth is only dust and brine we'll eat the salt water taffy." The only slightly disappointing thing is growing studio sound ranier maria has acquired. The fab indie-rock grainy-ness of the first album has gradually become a crystaline emo dinging. With that change the girl-boy call and response lyrics and hipster "i am a rockstar and I don't care" yelling has been tamed to mostly girl-vocal overdubs. It's cool though. To me the sound isn't quite as important as the composition and overall the sound is still theirs and thus lovely."