There Is No Home marks the end of the road for Dear Nora, an underappreciated San Francisco band whose sound has finally evolved far enough that keeping the old name makes no sense. It’s the end of an era for the band’s only permanent member, Katy Davidson, who will move on to other projects more in line with her current musical direction.

I skipped over Mountain Rock based largely on the sound of the one song I heard off the album, “Here We Come Around.” after the burnished, autumnal sound of The New Year EP “Here We Come Around” seemed to retreat a bit into simple, lightweight folk—no rock, just a whole lot of… mountain? The slight psychedelic flourishes on The New Year EP seemed to have disappeared. In retrospect, perhaps it was unfair to judge an entire album on one song, if Dear Nora’s later work has been any indication. “Sarah, You’re Not For Me,” from the recent Magic Marker compilation A House Full Of Friends, picked up where earlier songs like “A Polar Bear” left off. And now there’s “Emily,” the dark wilderness to “Here We Come Around”’s campfire.

So what’s next for Davidson and company? The most immediate sign of things to come is this MySpace page for Katy and Marianna, aka Katy Davidson and Dear Nora alum Marianna Ritchey. Despite the apparent goofiness of the whole venture (unless they’re serious about “WE SOUND EXACTLY LIKE SIMON AND GARFUNKLE”), it’s unlikely Davidson’s ever again going to sing the early-career teenage lyrics like “I am such a bore, I can’t take it anymore / but school’s out forever and I’m never gonna let it go.” But then, that hasn’t been the case for years now and I still stick by her. I look forward to her next move.