 In addition to her solo work, Rubarth formed a band with songwriter Alex Wong, called the Paper Raincoat.Rubarth explained in an interview with "The Boston Globe" that her solo work tends to be more personal, whereas the Paper Raincoat's songs are more imaginative, involving fictional characters Their debut EP ("Safe in the Sound") was featured as an iTunes Indie Spotlight Artist

In the fall of 2009, they toured the U.S. as support for Vienna Teng, and their music was the subject of CNET's 'The 404' podcast The album "The Paper Raincoat" was released in October 2009.The band was named "Best of What's Next" by "Paste Magazine" who said "We think the world might be a little better if everyone heard this record."