Thanks to everyone who worked with me and made this album possible!!

All songs written and performed by faira (Sophia Spies), Nathalie Litzner (violin and second voice), Leonhard Spies (electric guitar and bass guitar) and Andrew Collberg (drums)

This album was recorded at by Hanno Kahl at BEX Studios Verlag cologne, mixed by Sophia Spies, mastered by David Georgos

cover and back picture by Heiwa Wong

09 - Faira - Der Tod Und Das Mädchen

02 - Faira - Frank

My third album "Fireflies and Bats (Or a Predictable Series of Waltzes)“ came about in January 2021 and was recorded in three days in the attic of my kitchen. With just one microphone and a guitar I was able to catch a pure and intimate sound, that shows the songs in their rawness and fragility, just as if they were written up there.

The album mostly deals with personal topics: separation, the sudden death wish of a 27 year old, the relationship between granddaughter and grandmother, daughter, mother and father, and the turn towards spirituality but also the despair about political developments.

As before with „The Talk“ in 2020, I will self-release this album without any label and will go without Spotify (except for the single) and share my music on the independent alternatives Bandcamp and SoundCloud, platforms that have a fair payment system and allow a closer relationship between artists and listeners.

10 - Faira - Stiffen Up

09 - Faira - My Grandmothers Teeth

08 - Faira - In A Room

07 - Faira - The Falcon

06 - Faira - Age Old Mourning

05 - Faira - Obviously Enough

04 - Faira - Fireflies And Bats

03 - Faira - Hautensilien

02 - Faira - Warm Feet

01 - Faira - Best Listener

baby song live version

unplugged sprout session concert at dublab radio <3 in cologne 

http://dublab.de/

here you can listen to the whole uncut concert 
http://dublab.de/broadcast/dublab-sprout-session-october-2017-faira-live/

J.A.P.A.N

Frank

Finally! It seems like I've found the right path and I'm highly motivated and proud to announce that soon I am going to release my first album Φ (phi) on bandcamp!

In this three-parted album I try to create a framework which can harbour my latest songs as well as the ones that came up when I was thirteen.
Each of the three chapters of Φ stand for a certain time in my life. 

It's extremely exciting to work on this Album. It's like flipping through the pages of an old diary.




faira-album-teaser-phi

(german version below)
„Complex authenticity : there are singer/songwriter whose songs and voices first of all are pleasant. And there are others: musicians that dare to experiment in spite of a conventional frame. Doubtlessly Sophia Spies can be counted to that second sort.“ Oliver Minck, Stadtrevue Cologne, 09/2020

Faira is the folk-experimental project of singer, songwriter and guitarist Sophia Spies (DE). In her melancholy songs, Spies reflects dreamlike and situational encounters with herself and the world, which she continues to symbolically weave through associative relationships. Through her understanding of songwriting, she creates a powerful imagery that finds its expression
through classical and playful arrangements on the guitar in combination with experimental lo-fi elements. Inspired by artists like Joanna Newsom, Leonard Cohen, Coco Rosie & Sufjan Stevens, Faira draws her very own, intimate version of folk. Her songs seem familiar and yet reassembled. The impulsive voice of the 29-year-old cologne based musician sounds remarkably somber and vulnerable at the same time.

In April 2020 Faira released her Album „The Talk“ together with her sister Nathalie Litzner (vocals, violin), Andrew Collberg (drums) and her brother Leonhard Spies (guitar, bass guitar). 
Only one year later, in May 2021 she is releasing her third album „Fireflies and Bats (Or a Predictable Series of Waltzes)“. In comparison to that last Indie-Folk production, this year’s album is reduced to Faira’s voice and guitar-playing only. That way it shows the musician from her most frail yet most powerful side. 

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„Komplexe Authentizität - Es gibt Singer/Songwriter, die mit ihren Songs und ihrer Stimme vor allem Wohlgefallen erzeugen - und es gibt die anderen: MusikerInnen, die trotz des konventionellen Rahmens Experimente wagen. Sophia Spies gehört zweifelsfrei zu zweiteren Sorte“ Oliver Minck, Stadtrevue Köln

Faira ist das Folk-Experimental Projekt von Sängerin, Texterin und Gitarristin Sophia Spies(DE). In ihren melancholisch getragenen Liedern reflektiert Spies traumartige und situativeBegegnungen mit sich selbst und der Welt, die sie durch assoziative Beziehungen sinnbildlich stets fortspinnt. Durch ihr Verständnis für Songwriting erzeugt sie eine starke Bildsprache, die durch
klassische und spielerische Arrangements an der Gitarre, in Kombination mit experimentellen Lo-Fi Elementen ihren Ausdruck findet. Inspiriert durch Künstler wie Joanna Newsom, Leonard Cohen, Coco Rosie und Sufjan Stevens zeichnet Faira ihre ganz eigene, intime Version von Folk. So wirken ihre Songs vertraut und doch wie neu zusammengesetzt. Die impulsive Stimme und die ungewöhnlichen Gesangharmonien der 29-Jährigen Wahlkölnerin klingen dabei so verletzlich wie düster zugleich.

Nachdem im April 2020 ihr erstes Studio-Album „The Talk“ erschien, auf dem neben ihrer Schwester Nathalie Litzner (Geige, Stimme) und Bruder Leonhard Spies (Gitarre, Bassgitarre) auch Andrew Collberg (Schlagzeug) vertreten ist, veröffentlicht Faira nur ein Jahr später, im Mai 2021 ihr drittes Album „Fireflies and Bats (Or a Predictable Series of Waltzes)“. Dieses ist im Vergleich zur letzten ungewöhnlichen Indie-Folk-Produktion, reduziert auf Fairas Stimme und Gitarrenspiel und zeigt die Musikerin dadurch von ihrer verletztlichsten und gleichsam stärksten Seite.

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