Pia Fraus - Field Ceremony (2017) EN

Pia Fraus is a band of an established reputation, they will celebrate the very respectable 20th anniversary next year. It could be guessed that the new material by the Estonians would be one of THE things of this autumn. And here we are! No surprises.

The fascinating thing is how they tribute the legendary shoegaze bands, like My Bloody Valentine and their "Loveless". I can sense it for example in the initial seconds of "It's Over Now" sounding like "Only Shallow" on steroids, or the howling backgrounds of "Mountain Trip Guide". Also "Sugar High of the Year"'s title reflects on the love for sweet metaphors that are so popular among shoegazers.

But most of the time, Pia Fraus' music combines extremely delicate, very dreampop-like vocal with melodies and energetic guitars, as in "Never Again Land" or in "Autumn Winds". This creates the dreamy pop-rock taken from the tops shelf of the music store.

"Field Ceremony" costs 8 EUR.

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