Fialta is an indie pop band from California. Their newest single, Cars, is off of their debut album, Summer Winter, released July 23, 2013. 

Remix by French DJ/Producer Mark Lower. Download this remix on iTunes beginning Aug 20, 2013. 

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Fialta - Cars (Mark Lower Remix - Radio Cut)

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Lyrics:
We never thought that we could be where we wanted to
We never knew that they could hear from the other room
Now they say we took things too far
We mapped our faults from star to star


How many muses lit the room when we had our doubts?
How many visions have we heard from the prophet’s mouth?
Now are we taking things too far? 
This dream is getting awful dark

I’m trying harder to be someone
I’m trying harder to be someone
I had my share of trouble in season one
But now I’m trying harder 

I’m trying harder to believe what they say is true
I wanna take it from the scene where I first met you 
Now have I taken things too far?
I never thought that I’d be playing every part

I’m trying harder to be someone
I’m trying harder to be someone
I had my share of trouble in season one
But now I’m trying harder 


Shadow of a Drought

Be Someone

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Lyrics: 
Falling in and out of love 
On your one and only
Losing honey’s chariot of no return
Spilling through the soft machine
at the tender age of thirty seven
Wondering if you were wrong

Take time for your love
You're just another lonely heart tonight
Bright lights, carry on
You're just another lonely heart tonight

Just not right, it isn't time 
Subtle metaphors for wanting more
You’re settling for something new
In the tarnish of the fight 
All the creatures you discovered 
were like flashes on a vacant moon 

So share your neon woes
With the world, with the world
Whatever way it goes
Wanna know, wanna know

Take time for your love
You're just another lonely heart tonight
Bright lights, carry on
You're just another lonely heart tonight

Another Lonely Heart

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Lyrics: 
You’re so scared, with your feet in the air
We’ve got passes to climb till we’re there
Was the view much more, more sublime than you bargained for?
It’s a terror to stomach, but babe, it’s your war. 

You see those pilgrims crawling, inching ‘round
Those ragged little— 
Turn your head around
Don’t try to read those warnings written out 
On all those tiny crosses; they all try to measure 
Threads by those who went before them

Did you find you can dilate your time? 
You’re a prodigal, babe, but you’re mine. 
Won’t you try? Won’t you kiss the divide?
Oh I know you’re contending with these bigger skies.

You see those pilgrims crawling, inching round 
Those ragged little curves, they're leaning out
They're begging for it...

Turn your head around
Don’t try to read those warnings written out 
On all those tiny crosses; they all try to measure
Threads by those who went before them


Turn Your Head

"Best Summer Pop Song of 2016" - Paste Magazine
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Lyrics: 
Came out of mourning, washed the violet from her mane
Was it an omen, the horses circled on the plain?
We waited for the sky to drop
Oh, as we called upon the name
We didn’t want the storm to stop
We wanted everything to change

Oh, how we hope you know 
That we do the best we can, do the best we can
We never knew that you would notice
If we had known it, we could have planned for the rain
Do the best we can, do the best we can

Our wells had faltered, the fruit it died upon the vine
Misplaced the farmer, poured forth the bitter wine 
The age is moving in and out
Washing the eighties from the earth
Beyond the shadow of the drought 
Beyond the shadow of the drought 

Oh, how we hope you know 
That we do the best we can, do the best we can
We never knew that you would notice
If we had known it, we could have planned for the rain
Do the best we can, do the best we can

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Do The Best We Can

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Lyrics:
All those years you spent alone inside your head
You never even said a thing about it
No one's gonna wait for you to wind up dead
You’ve gotta let it go, my dear
When you’re ready
Leave it there, leave it now

You’re never gonna change
You never think you're ready
When you give up your ghosts, I’ll be here

You’re never gonna change
You never think you're ready
When you give up your ghosts, I’ll be here

Saw the note you left and I ripped it up to shreds
I guess you thought ahead
You painted all the walls with red and then
The animal broke free
I guess it wasn’t me, I guess it’s not me
I guess it’s not easy.

You’re never gonna change
You never think you’re ready
When you give up your ghosts, I’ll be here

You’re never gonna change
You never think you’re ready
When you give up your ghosts, I’ll be here

You’re never gonna change
You’re never gonna steady
Set fire to your ghosts, I’ll be here

Give Up Your Ghosts

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Lyrics:
Girl it’s just not you, all the things you’re blaming on your youth
The rumors that you ran across the bridge, they got here today
Girl you’re just confused. Of all things things that you mistake for truth
That cynicism lacks the charm it had yesterday 

Even with your body on fire, it’s hard to believe you're fully alive
But even if you're Queen of the Night, girl, you’re gonna be fine 

Girl this isn’t you, all the things that you’re afraid to do
Forgetting all the times you pushed aside what got in the way
Girl this isn't new, of all the things you’re blaming on your youth 
That pessimism lacks the charm it had yesterday
You’ll never get it back; it’s floating away

You think you’re Queen of the night
The way it’s filling your mind, the way it’s calling your name
The way it’s drawing you back
Because you’re Queen of the night
The way it’s lining your eyes, yeah, it’s always the same
I know you better than that. Oh, how you think you know!
Even if you’re Queen of the Night, girl, you’re gonna be fine

Remember when you grabbed me by the hip and then you
Spoke aloud, demanding that it straighten, and it did, and I walked taller for a year?
Remember how you used to hold your head up, how you
Calmed the mob when they were getting fed up, and you saw the glow of favor in the mirror?

Oh yeah, you’re Queen of the Night
The way you’re cutting a line, the way you're chasing a flame
I know you’re better than that
Oh yeah, you’re Queen of the night
The way it’s filling your mind, the way it’s calling your name
The way it’s drawing you back
I guess you’re Queen of the night
The way it’s lining your eyes, yeah, it’s always the same
I hope you’re better than that

Oh, don't you know that Eternal Youth will turn on you? Eternal Youth!
Eternal Youth will turn on you? Eternal Youth!

Even if you’re Queen of the Night, girl, you’re gonna be fine
Even if you’re Queen of the Night, girl, you’re gonna be fine

Queen of the Night

Queen Of The Night

Hell Niño EP by Fialta
Out April 14th, 2017

Lyrics: 
Let's go away for a while
You and I
To a strange and distant land
Where they speak no word of truth
But we don't understand anyway 

Holiday
Far away
To stay
On a holiday
Far away
Let's go today
In a heartbeat! 

Heartbeat
Heartbeat 

Don't bother to pack your bags
Or your map
We won't need them where we're going
We're going where the wind is blowing
Not knowing where we're gonna stay 

Holiday
Far away
To stay
On a holiday
Far away
Let's go today
In a heartbeat! 

Heartbeat
Heartbeat
Heartbeat
Heartbeat 

We will write a postcard
To our friends and family
In free verse
On the road with Kerouac
Sheltered in his Bivouac
On this road we'll never die... 

Heartbeat
Heartbeat 

Let's go away for a while
You and I
To a strange and distant land
Where they speak no word of truth
But we don't understand anyway 

Holiday
Far away
To stay
On a holiday
Far away
To stay
On a holiday! 

Let's go away
Let's go away
On a holiday
Let's go away
Let's go away
In a heartbeat

Holiday (Weezer Cover)

Hell Niño EP by Fialta
Out April 14th, 2017

Lyrics: 
Leave it all to me, don’t you worry
These people tend to be in a hurry
I’ll take it all from here, you can count on me
What do ya say, little one? 

I don’t really know what you’re pulling
Your eagerness to please them is boring
I’d rather have my hand on the dirty wheel
Don’t you say ‘little one’. 

The papers say we disagree
On all our English Guarantees
Now watch our shapes roll by

You were away
Over the ocean
They came to say we had a hell of a problem

But Dear, that’s our way
We’ll make it hurt till the nationals run
Holding the crown to their heads till it’s done. 

Innocence is hardly a virtue
Listen to a king with a curfew?
Gotta let me be who I’ve gotta be,
Can’t you see, little one? 

The Telegraph, it wasn’t adoring
That mercenary plea to your warning
You’d sacrifice the ship for the mooring, oh,
Don’t you see, little one?

The papers say we disagree
On all our English Guarantees
Now watch our shapes roll by

You were away
Over the ocean
They came to say they had a hell of a problem

But Dear, that’s our way
We’ll make it hurt till the nationals run
Holding the crown to their heads till it’s done.

English Guarantees

Hell Niño EP—Out April 14th, 2017
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Lyrics: 
I, I know you got rights
That’s not very hard
Ya tell me all the time

You won’t give up that fight
Writing in the dark
Shouting at the blind

Everybody falls apart, apart on the weekend
Everybody falls apart, apart in my arms

Wake up, wake up
Why are you not hearin’ me
Wake up, wake up 
Why are you not hearing me
Oooo
You’re wasting time

You mess up all your lines
Feedback in your ear
Spotlight in your eye

Everybody falls apart, apart on the weekend
Everybody falls apart, apart in my arms

Now we gotta go
We were wasting all our time
We were all trying
We weren’t getting very far
Now we gotta go
Now we gotta go
Cuz we’re all wakin’ up
All this light, shinin’ in our eyes

Everybody falls apart, everybody falls apart
Everybody falls apart, apart, apart

Are you not here
Are you not listening
Are you not here
Are you not listening
Ooohhhh

Hell Niño EP

Wake Up

Made It This Far

"Modern Hero" is a disco-inspired indie-pop/dance-rock track with 70s-style vocal harmonies, guitars, synth, and horns, featuring lyrical and musical nods to Swedish pop legends ABBA and Robyn. 

“When we wrote and recorded this song over a year ago, we were in a very different mental space than we are now,” says Beth Leibovich, who sings lead vocals on the track. “The lyrics are about discontentment with many aspects of modern life — tech bro culture, Instagram, online dating, the seemingly endless malaise experienced by millennials who are now in their thirties. We’re mocking ourselves a bit here. We contrasted the theme of the song musically with a retro, throw-back disco vibe. We’re big fans of Scandinavian power pop.”

Like ABBA in their heyday, Fialta is also a pop band with two married couples. “The comparison comes up a lot,” says Michael Leibovich (keyboards, trumpets). “We thought, what the hell, let’s lean into that. The harmonies, the spoken word bridge, the horns —it’s a bit shameless. We had fun.”

The track was intended to be the band’s first single from their new album. They planned to release the song back in April with a music video, followed by the release of an entire third album this summer. But with the COVID shutdowns, the personal loss of several of the band’s family members and a former band-mate, national grief over the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and many others, as well as the Black Lives Matter protests in the band’s hometown of San Luis Obispo, the band says that the timing hasn’t felt right to release a lighthearted, summery pop song.

“We’ve been feeling so sad all summer, which is the reason we’ve delayed this release,” says David Provenzano (guitars, vocals). But the songs are done, and we’ve been told by our fans that they would love a pick-me-up. So it’s time. Our hearts are still heavy, but we hope that this song can provide a little escape for anyone who needs it in these last weeks of summer. If it can get even just a few people up off the couch and dancing, it will be worth it.”

“Modern Hero” will be released on Spotify and all other digital platforms on Tuesday, September 1, the second in a series of singles the band plans to release throughout fall in advance of their third full length album.

Modern Hero

'Summer Winter' is the debut album by Fialta, a California Indie-Pop quartet. Available on iTunes beginning July 23rd, 2013. Preorder the album and more at http://fialtamusic.com/preorder

Fialta is unsigned and can be contacted at fialtamusic@gmail.com

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LYRICS
All of the things I thought I knew
They went out the door when we gave birth to you
Stay in the chair and thread the thread
Leaving the pistol on the table till the end

Baby, I kill myself for you
Baby, I kill myself for you
And no matter how you shake it
I don’t have the words to say...

I thought this melody would suit you
Sometimes you’re too exhausting to pursue
If I’d would’ve known I’d make it worse
Then I would go back and hang a lantern on this verse
Didn’t your daddy raise you right?
I’m polishing these adverbs 
While you hang me out to dry

Baby, I kill myself for you 
Baby, I kill myself for you
No matter how you shake it I don’t have the words to say
No matter how you shake it out I’ll never have the perfect thing to say

No matter how you throw it, no, I’ll never have it perfect so...

No matter how you spin, I’ll never have the words
No matter how you phrase, it’s gonna sound absurd
No matter how you shake it, I’ll have nothing left to say

Fialta - Baby, I

'Summer Winter' is the debut album by Fialta, a California Indie-Pop quartet. Available on iTunes beginning July 23rd, 2013. Preorder the album and more at http://fialtamusic.com/preorder

Fialta is unsigned and can be contacted at fialtamusic@gmail.com

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LYRICS
I heard the sea
Whispering our secrets back
It said the truth
Owes nothing to the facts

You know if you cannot obey
Then you cannot go
My way my only foray
You cannot go

And you stood and looked me in the eye
The day we toasted in July
I’m always on time

But on that day you had your hair pulled back
Ready to meet the crowd
And oh the way you threw your shoulders back
Tryin’ to make ‘em proud

The spots are sticking to your palm
The locks are drippin’ with your charm

Wake up
Meet me at the back door
I’ll be right on time
Wanna have a conversation
See nothing’s quite that easy
Tired as you are
I’ll be waiting ‘til the sun appears

Wake up
Meet me at the back door
I’ll be right on time
Don’t forget your alibi
See nothing’s quite that easy
Tired as you are
I’ll be waiting ‘til the sun appears

Fialta - Cars

'Summer Winter' is the debut album by Fialta, a California Indie-Pop quartet. Available on iTunes beginning July 23rd, 2013. Preorder the album and more at fialtamusic.com/preorder

Fialta is unsigned and can be contacted at fialtamusic@gmail.com

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LYRICS
Come to California
Flee the wasted east
Resurrect my princedom by the sea
School is overrated
Your education bleak
Can’t you see you’re better off with me? 

If you want, Dear, I will drive all night
Just rest your head here, the miles will wash it white

Be my Greek pretender
My sweet Virginia Poe
Weave these laurel branches from the road
I’ll teach you about the monarchs
While you pull off their wings
In all that ether they won’t feel a thing

If you want, Dear, I will drive all night
Just rest your head here, the miles will wash it white
If you want, Dear, I will make it right

It’s kinda spooky playing for keeps
How about best two outta three? 
Don’t you know me? 
Why, I’m gripping the deck 
Like I’m scared half to death
‘Cause it’s not this easy
We’ve been running all year
And still, you don’t know what I want


Fialta - Greek Pretender

'Summer Winter' is the debut album by Fialta, a California Indie-Pop quartet. Available on iTunes beginning July 23rd, 2013. Preorder the album and more at fialtamusic.com/preorder

Fialta is unsigned and can be contacted at fialtamusic@gmail.com

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LYRICS
I want a perfect body
I want to be in control
Let my nails grow long
Before biting them short
 
I want to be your princess
Your Klondike girl
Promises from weekends are good until...
 
How did I believe you when you said
"Don't worry now"
 
We travelled in one suitcase
The trips to San Jose
I scratched it in my notebook
And the gloves that you crocheted
 
The smoke is in the curtains
The carpets lost it's curl
Promises from weekends are good until...

But I wanted her deleted
I wanted her gone
All stitched up with kisses
And sold out on the lawn
 
How did I believe you when you said
"Don't worry now"

Dawn of the work week
(She's) Dawn from your work team
Dawn, you'll need mercy
What's done is done is done

So you hid her in the backyard
Inside you put your hand through the wall 
Your ring finger was easy to fix 
When you left me
 
Dawn of the work week
(She's) Dawn from your work team
Dawn, you'll need mercy
What's done is done is done

Fialta - Dawn

'Summer Winter' is the debut album by Fialta, a California Indie-Pop quartet. Available on iTunes beginning July 23rd, 2013. Preorder the album and more at http://fialtamusic.com/preorder

Fialta is unsigned and can be contacted at fialtamusic@gmail.com

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LYRICS
Just say the word
And I’ll be right over, Honey
I’ll meet you on top of the Garden Street rooftop
When will all the distance be forgotten?

Porcelain doves chime above the highway hum
The metronome keeps our bodily rhythms in check

Just say the word and I’ll be right over honey
I bought you a skirt from a Japanese Novelty Shop

When will all the distance be forgotten?


Fialta - Japanese Novelty Shop

'Summer Winter' is the debut album by Fialta, a California Indie-Pop quartet. Available on iTunes beginning July 23rd, 2013. Preorder the album and more at http://fialtamusic.com/preorder

Fialta is unsigned and can be contacted at fialtamusic@gmail.com

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LYRICS
Cannot you see the ending from the start?
Didn’t you tear it broke and fall apart? 
Where do we go from here?
Running around in white capes in the dark

Wooden and mostly chopped up on the floor
Wooden and broken glass, our feet are sore
(And bloody as hell)
Why don’t you take the wheel
Wouldn’t you care to steer? 
Try not to drive those horses through my door

Fialta - Sleepy Time

'Summer Winter' is the debut album by Fialta, a California Indie-Pop quartet. Available on iTunes beginning July 23rd, 2013. Preorder the album and more at http://fialtamusic.com/preorder

Fialta is unsigned and can be contacted at fialtamusic@gmail.com

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LYRICS
When Summer is done the sun melts into Autumn on the lawn
But Fall doesn’t last too long
Trees bare a wind that skins their backs, as Winter bullies in
And Winter goes on and on...
I feel like dyin’ my hair a lighter color now
Cause Winter goes on and on...
If you come over now I’ll make it worth your while

Don’t you wish that we could beat the weather?
Hide out on some island in December and stay all Winter?

If Summer could stay then we’d play croquet outside each night ‘til half past nine
While Winter would pout on the sideline
We love the beach, we could go every week just to see the sea and watch it move and breath
While Winter stays home and whines
I feel like dyin’ my t-shirts tie-dye colors now
Cause Winter goes on and on...
Everyone’s dyin’ from dihydroxyacetone 

If you come over now, girl, I will start a fire

Don’t you wish that we could beat the weather?
Hide out on some island in December?
Don’t you wish that we could beat the weather? 
Don’t you want to see me movin’ in the water?


Fialta - Summer Winter

'Summer Winter' is the debut album by Fialta, a California Indie-Pop quartet. Available on iTunes beginning July 23rd, 2013. Preorder the album and more at fialtamusic.com/preorder

Fialta is unsigned and can be contacted at fialtamusic@gmail.com

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LYRICS
I lost my way on a trip mean for two
We left our hearts in a suitcase unused
High above Chicago
I’ll be home tomorrow

Flight patterns fight against the weight of our world
I keep rehearsing these lines
When we meet face to face
Will it all fall away

First steps and first words
While I was away
Always believed that they’d get you to stay
I was in Chicago, you were gone tomorrow

Flight patterns fight against the weight of our world
I keep rehearsing these lines
When we meet face to face 
Will it all fall away

Fialta - High Above Chicago

'Summer Winter' is the debut album by Fialta, a California Indie-Pop quartet. Available on iTunes beginning July 23rd, 2013. Preorder the album and more at http://fialtamusic.com/preorder

Fialta is unsigned and can be contacted at fialtamusic@gmail.com



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LYRICS
Your youth has run its race
Creeping up slowly

Your mother's face has changed
Ain’t wearing those mini skirts anymore

Drink the world it just won’t fill you up

Holding on to something and you can’t let go
You’re hitting up the bottle right before the show
She’s never mentioned word of it to another soul
Except for something that she’s feeling like the Holy Ghost

Photographs of younger days
Will never make their way
Into your grave

Your father shaves his legs
It’s from his football days
Everyone’s doing it to be cool
Doin’ it to be just like you

Holdin’ on to something and you can’t let go
So you’re hittin’ up the bottle right before the show
She’s never mentioned word of it to another soul
Except for somethin’ that she’s feelin’ like the Holy Ghost

If you’re leaving in time for the mourning show
I’ll believe you’re using faith from the depths of your soul
I’ll believe you’re using faith from the depths below

Photographs of younger days
Will never make their way
Into your grave

Fialta - Photographs

Paradise

All I Can Say

California Maybe

Little Apogee

Teleprompter Prayer

Making Me High

Scream And Shout

Honestly

Fialta is a dual-couple quartet from California specializing in ornate indie pop rich with multi-harmonies, keyboards, ukulele, and electronic elements. 

The tightly knit four piece are multi-instrumentalists who regularly swap roles during their live set, employ dueling male/female lead vocals, and collaborate on writing and producing. This summer, Fialta will head out on a west coast tour to promote the release of Shadow of a Drought (slated for release July 15th, 2016).  

For fans of: Vampire Weekend, Matt and Kim, Foster the People, Phoenix, Best Coast. 

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