Caithlin De Marrais

Caithlin De Marrais is a torch singer for a novel kind of heartache. She channels Emily Dickinson, telling truth at a slant. It’s no surprise, De Marrais has twelve full length and ep length recordings under her belt as lead singer and bassist with indie rock band Rainer Maria (’95-’06).
The first song she ever wrote as a solo artist was recorded by Rainer Maria and became an NPR “Song of the Day”.⋯⋯ The song was “Terrified”.
Leaving Rainer Maria was just the beginning of a sea change for De Marrais. Over the next three years she got married to photograper, Spencer Heyfron, had a son, started an artist run record label with three other musicians and released a solo record. My Magic City, was recorded in the style of Van Morrison’s, Astral Weeks in a Brooklyn church and a cottage in upstate New York. Her former RM band mate, Kyle Fischer, produced.
De Marrais kept MMC close to her heart, (touring a mere 10 days to support it), leading one reviewer to call it, “The best record of the year that no one has heard of.” Best of 2008 —Heartache with Hard Work
In 2009 De Marrais released a split live record with fellow End Up Records label mate, Seb Leon.
De Marrais spent the better part of 2010 recording a full album of demos in her basement until she raised enough funds in a Kickstarter campaign to walk into the studio again. At Saltlands studio in the Dumbo neighborhood of Brooklyn she collaborated with long time friend and Rocketship Park front man, Josh Kaufman, and The Poison Tree’s, Steve Salett. Using the sonic map De Marrais had made with her home spun demos, they recorded a record which sounds unlike anything De Marrais has previously released. “We made things hard that could have been easy. And things easy that could have been hard. Just to suit our insatiable curiosity.” De Marrais notes.