Past Worn Searching

Past Worn Searching is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Rainer Maria, released in 1997.^[3][4]

Past Worn Searching
Studio album by Rainer Maria
Released	December 2, 1997
Genre	Indie rock
Label	Polyvinyl[1]
Rainer Maria chronology
Rainer Maria (1996) Past Worn Searching (1997) Look Now Look Again (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Critical reception

The Wisconsin State Journal thought that "plaintive ballads like 'Viva Anger, Viva Hate' and 'Sickbed' are impressively moody, opening with soothing sounds before building to shattering crescendos."^[1]

In 2006, The New York Times wrote that the album "captures the slightly chaotic sound of a band that was willfully out of place: the trio was often the wimpiest act at Midwestern punk and hardcore concerts."^[5]

Track listing

All songs by Rainer Maria.

1. "Tinfoil" – 4:55
2. "Half Past April" – 4:22
3. "Viva Anger, Viva Hate" – 3:12
4. "Always More Often" – 5:33
5. "Sickbed" – 5:49
6. "Never In Anger" – 4:58
7. "New York, 1955" – 4:18
8. "Homeopathy" – 4:41
9. "Put Me to Sleep" – 4:00