Pia Fraus – Evening Colours (Album – Seksound Records)
Genre/Influences: Dream-Pop, Shoegaze.
Format: Digital, CD, Vinyl.
Background/Info: Estonian formation Pia Fraus has been active since the late 90s and this year (self)released their seventh full length album.
Content: The band remains driven by the beauty of Dream-Pop and shoegaze music. Wafting, fuzzy, guitar playing and female vocals create a delicious match which has been totally achieved by drums and synths.
+ + + : If you’re into Dream-Pop and Shoegaze you definitely gone like the new Pia Fraus. It sounds evasive while composed with a great delicacy. I prefer the second part of the work but especially “Regret Everything” is a phenomenal piece for the way it progressively evolves. There also is a harder rhythm running through this song.
– – – : A few songs remain a bit too evasive for my taste, becoming a little less soporific after a while.
Conclusion: Pia Fraus remains a great ambassador of Shoegaze/Dream-Pop music which is again illustrated by this new opus.
Best songs: “Regret Everything”, “Another Artichoke”, “Confidential Information”, “Cloud Winterland”.
Rate: 7½.
Artist: www.facebook.com/piafrausband
Label: www.seksound.com / www.facebook.com/seksound
About Pia Fraus
Pia Fraus is a dream pop and shoegaze band from Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 1998. The name is Latin for “pious fraud”. Current members are Kristel Eplik and Eve Komp on vocals, Kärt Ojavee on synth, Rein Fuks on guitar, synth and percussion, Reijo Tagapere on bass, and Joosep Volk on drums.
The band debuted with the album “Wonder What It’s Like” in 2001, followed by “In Solarium” (2002), “Nature Heart Software” (2006), “After Summer” (2008), “Field Ceremony” (2017), and “Empty Parks” (2020). In 2022, Pia Fraus released “Now You Know It Still Feels the Same” on the band’s own SekSound label, re-recording material to mark the 20th anniversary of “Wonder What It’s Like”. “Evening Colours”, the band’s seventh studio album, follows on the same label.
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