The story
Pia Fraus is a dream pop and shoegaze band based in Tallinn, Estonia, formed in 1998. "Pia Fraus" is a Latin saying, meaning "pious fraud" or "small lie".
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Band · from Tallinn · since 1998
Pia Fraus
Stories
Beyond the records: books, other lives and interviews, from the band and its members.
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Records
Albums 10
- Evening Colours
Evening Colours28 Jul 2023Vinyl - Now You Know It Still Feels the Same
Now You Know It Still Feels the Same1 Sep 2021Vinyl - Empty Parks
Empty Parks20 Jan 2020Vinyl - Mountain Trip
Mountain Trip4 Feb 2018Vinyl - Field Ceremony
Field Ceremony12 Oct 2017Vinyl - Silmi Island
Silmi Island10 Mar 2013Vinyl - After Summer
After Summer8 May 2008Vinyl - Nature Heart Software
Nature Heart Software24 Feb 2006Vinyl - In Solarium
In Solarium16 Jul 2002Vinyl - Wonder What It’s Like
Wonder What It’s Like2001Vinyl
EPs 5
- Autumn Winds
Autumn Winds1 Nov 2016 · EPVinyl - Chromatic Nights EP
Chromatic Nights EP13 Dec 2005 · EPVinyl
- Mooie Island EP
Mooie Island EP11 Sep 2004 · EPVinyl - Plastilina EP
Plastilina EP1 Jul 2003 · EPVinyl
- Plastilina EP.
Plastilina EP.1 Jul 2003 · EPVinyl
Singles 9
- Nothing Returns
Nothing Returns13 Oct 2025 · SingleVinyl - Across the Street
Across the Street14 Feb 2025 · SingleVinyl - Fog on the Hills
Fog on the Hills23 Jul 2023 · SingleVinyl - Sunny AfternoonSunny Afternoon14 Jul 2023 · SingleVinyl
- French Exit
French Exit24 Mar 2023 · SingleVinyl - Zodalovers (20th Anniversary Version)
Zodalovers (20th Anniversary Version)28 Sep 2022 · SingleVinyl - Cloudy Eyes / Outer Otherness
Cloudy Eyes / Outer Otherness13 Mar 2017 · SingleVinyl
- Mute the Birds / Ships Will Sail
Mute the Birds / Ships Will Sail19 Jul 2008 · SingleVinyl
- Mute the Birds
Mute the Birds9 Jul 2008 · SingleVinyl
- The New Water · 2020 · EP · remix
- Hidden Parks · 2019 · EP · remix
- Sweet Sunday Snow · 2019 · EP · remix
- That's Not All · 2017 · Single · remix
- Silmi Island (Compilation 1998-2008) · 2013 · compilation
- Ten Remixes of Yenissey · 2008 · Single · remix
- Sailing on a Grapefruit Lake · 2005 · compilation
Records from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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Members
- 1998 to 2003
- 1998 on
- 1998 on
- 1998 on
- 1998
- 1998
- 2002 on
- 2003 on
Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.
Also plays on
Records by other artists with Pia Fraus in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
In playlists
Playlists with Pia Fraus in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.
If you like Pia Fraus
- Airiel3 sources agree
- Drop Nineteens3 sources agree
- Fleeting Joys3 sources agree
- Pinkshinyultrablast3 sources agree
- Astrobrite3 sources agree
- Lilys3 sources agree
- Rumskib3 sources agree
- Swirlies3 sources agree
- The Meeting Places3 sources agree
- Pale Saints3 sources agree
- Tears Run Rings3 sources agree
- Secret Shine2 sources agree
Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of Pia Fraus’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.
Also called Pia Fraus
- Group · BEPia Fraus Belgian lo-fi/industrial project
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