| Look Now Look Again | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Rainer Maria |
| Cover: | Look Now Look Again.jpg |
| Released: | April 20, 1999 |
| Recorded: | December 1998 |
| Genre: | Midwest emo[1] |
| Label: | Polyvinyl |
| Producer: | Mark Haines |
| Prev Title: | Past Worn Searching |
| Prev Year: | 1997 |
| Next Title: | A Better Version of Me |
| Next Year: | 2001 |
Look Now Look Again is the second studio album by American indie rock band Rainer Maria. It is now regarded as an influential classic of second-wave emo.
In recent years, Looks critical standing has remained positive. In a review of its 2018 reissue, Pitchforks Jenn Pelly deemed it one of second-wave emo's greatest albums, calling it "a undeniable classic of a time when [the genre] broadcasted an ethic of intelligence." She saw the album pave the musical groundwork for future bands like Rilo Kiley, Paramore, and Camp Cope. In 2020, Kerrang! included Look on their list of emo's 20 best albums released before the 2000s. The site's Ryan De Freitas dubbed it "a bona fide classic of the genre".[2]
In a 2019 Noisey list, Matt Lunsford, the co-founder of Looks record label Polyvinyl, placed it tenth out of what he believed the label's 10 most important releases.[3] The following year, Stereogums Ian Cohen referred to Look as one Polyvinyl's "formative documents" of Midwest emo alongside Braid's Frame & Canvas and American Football's self-titled debut.[4]
All songs by Rainer Maria.