#raein

RAEIN live at Rock Planet Club, Pinnarella di Cervia (RA, Italy)

20/06/26

Love this band so much

I had dedicated a few songs in the set, i cried😆

"but they don't sound like they used to 20 years ago"

grow up.

he loves it because it means you aren't in pain anymore.

Parleremo per immagini Per tenere gli occhi bene aperti su quanto non si vede Ritroveremo gli attrezzi per riparare l'ideale E il nostro cinismo farà sbocciare nuovi sogni Innescheremo la macchina della volontà Per produrre domande che spostino cattedrali Affinché tutto accada di nuovo, oltre che nulla vada perduto

Saremo il fatale prevalere dell'azione Per sempre, tutto comincia ora

Raein – Il n’y a pas d’orchestre (2003)

Album Information

• Artist: Raein

• Album Title: Il n’y a pas d’orchestre

• Release Date: 2003

• Genre: Screamo / Emo Violence / Post-Hardcore

• Label: Heroine Records / Ape Must Not Kill Ape

• Runtime: ~25 minutes

I’ve always had a soft spot for albums that feel more like emotional experiences than just collections of songs, and Il n’y a pas d’orchestre by Raein is exactly that. Released back in 2003, this record captures everything I love about the raw, unfiltered side of screamo — emotion, chaos, and beauty all clashing together in one rush of sound.

Even though it’s sadly been removed from Spotify, I still find myself coming back to it whenever I can. There’s something about the way Raein plays — the messy energy, the walls of distortion, the shouted vocals that sound more like cries than words — that feels completely genuine.

Sound & Emotion

The album doesn’t waste a second. It hits fast and hard but still carries a strange sense of melody and hope buried under the noise. The guitars shimmer and grind, the drums push everything forward, and the vocals sound like they’re coming straight from the heart. It’s not about perfection — it’s about emotion, and that’s what makes it powerful.

Listening to it feels like being caught in a storm but somehow finding comfort inside it.

Favorite Tracks

My favorite track is “Tiger Suit.” It’s intense from start to finish — fast, emotional, and packed with riffs that somehow sound both desperate and uplifting. Every time I listen to it, I feel like I’m right there with them, losing myself in the moment.

“The King Is Dead” is another one I keep coming back to. It’s slightly calmer but carries a lot of weight. There’s a sadness to it that really lingers, almost like the song itself is reflecting on everything that came before it.

Together, those two songs sum up why I love this album — it’s violent and emotional, but also deeply human.

Final Thoughts

What makes Il n’y a pas d’orchestre special to me is how it communicates without needing to explain anything. Even if you don’t understand what they are saying, you feel what they’re saying. It’s pure emotion — no filters, no polish, just honesty.

It’s one of those albums that reminds me why I love this kind of music in the first place. Short, chaotic, and full of feeling.

Raein Forme Sommerse

🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

FFO: ITALIAN SCREAMO / LISTEN

Surprise releases are back in vogue, and I can't say that I'm not refreshed by the mounting rejection of six-month rollouts and a culture that increasingly values single streams and social media engagement over the appreciation of art in its intended form. Whether their intent or not, Raein took this rejection of consumer culture a step further by dropping their first recorded material in a decade in the form of two lengthy movements, without any warning, and then refusing to play ball with Spotify's warmongering (to hell with your sad boy summer playlist, head on over to their bandcamp page to listen). This approach would be any major label exec's worst nightmare, but thankfully, the kind folks over at Persistent Vision actually know a thing or two about respecting the medium. Sure, you could zoom into the tracks that make up Forme Sommerse and triangulate the spots where one motif ends and another begins, but doing so would be counterintuitive to the way that Forme Sommerse was intended to be heard—with each sub-movement being part of a larger whole.

Forme Sommerse, at its core, is a practice in intuition. Instead of trying to recapitulate the past, Raein opted to utilize a fresh approach that would allow them to flow seamlessly from one idea to the next without any heed to the limitations of conventional structure. That sense of freedom is fully evident in these movements. These aren't exactly post-rock songs with linear progressions after all; they are more akin to a collection of peaks and valleys, with kinetic rhythms that push and pull like a waltz through turbulent waters, and the result is nothing short of staggering. All the hallmarks that made Raein such an influential force in the first place are still front and center here—their perfect balance between bright guitar tones, sensitive melodies, passionately chanted vocals, and a rhythmic urgency that feels vital every step of the way—but the form of the album makes their music feel more alive than ever.