''Catastrophe Keeps Us Together'' is the fifth studio album by American indie rock band

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. It was promoted with a US tour in April and May 2006. In September 2006, they appeared at Denver Fest II. Two months later, the band broke up, citing "reasons both musical and personal" for the split.

Track listing

All songs by Rainer Maria, except where noted. #"Catastrophe" - 5:33 #"Life of Leisure" - 3:26 #"Burn" - 4:16 #"Bottle" - 2:26 #"Terrified" - 2:50 #"Cities Above" - 2:21 #"Already Lost" - 4:08 #"Clear and True" - 2:40 #"I'll Make You Mine" - 3:28 #"Southpaw" - 3:42 #" I'll Keep It with Mine" (

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Personnel

*Caithlin De Marrais –

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*Kaia Fischer –

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*William Kuehn –

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, design,

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, concept, layout design *Malcolm Burn – producer, engineer, mixing, instrumentation *

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– producer, engineer, mixing *George Calbi – mastering *Spencer Heyfron – photography *Steve Fallone – assistant

Artwork

The artwork for the album was created by overexposing a photo of Austrian poet and novelist

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, who was the inspiration for the band's namesake.

References

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