In Solarium is a 2002 studio album by Estonian band Pia Fraus released on Clairecords. It is the sophomore album of the Estonian band, and features a re-recording of 'How Fast Can You Love' from their debut album. The album was reissued in 2016.
Reception
Listing the album as one of the best shoegaze albums of all time, Far Out stated In Solarium "beautifully encapsulates a touch of the retro feel". Trouser Press considered the album "wonderful" and a maturation of the band's sound from previous albums "with no loss of energy". Brainwashed compared the band's music as "strikingly similar" to the work of My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive, finding the songs covered in a "mesmerizing fuzz" of distortion, although found the songs so similar that they were "slightly cumbersome to wade through". Comes with a Smile considered the songs "bittersweet and heartfelt", finding them nostalgically reminiscent of The Wedding Present, Slowdive, Lush and Superchunk, praising the songs as "three-minute rapid blasts of alternative-pop" filled with "incessantly dreamy melodies.
Track listing
Personnel
Rein Fuks – vocals, guitar, shaker, percussion Joosep Volk – drums, vocals Reijo Tagapere – bass Tõnis Kenkmaa – guitar Tanel Roovik – guitar Kärt Ojavee – organ, synthesizer, mastering Uku Toomet – mastering
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