by thornswrath
Of all the bands and musical acts I've had the good fortune or luck to witness, none match the underlying kinetic intensity present in the township of Oakland's Faun Fables, which appeared on the scene around 1997 despite Dawn "the faun" McCarthy, the breathing lungs and beating heart of the band, having begun writing and singing some of these songs since 1994. (That's always the year I can't help but think of both KoRn and Acid Bath: est. '94).
Of all the bands and musical acts I've had the good fortune or luck to witness, none match the underlying kinetic intensity present in the township of Oakland's Faun Fables, which appeared on the scene around 1997 despite Dawn "the faun" McCarthy, the breathing lungs and beating heart of the band, having begun writing and singing some of these songs since 1994. (That's always the year I can't help but think of both KoRn and Acid Bath: est. '94).
2016 sees this duo, famed to the underground network of bubbling & steaming passages interlaced through a labyrinthine kingdom hidden right out in the open yet eluding detection by the forces that oppose it, continuing on like the wandering band of nomadic gypsies they appear as, on into that network of dates pinpointed into the late evening in small, scarcely attended bars and venues where only the defiant & lonely dreamers of a darker twilight may drift ashore to; our heroes in Faun Fables now release their seventh album BORN OF THE SUN: it's nothing short of a sort of rebirth for them, but not because they ever died out or went anywhere but rather because it marks a sudden transformation of themselves into a hundred thousand times brighter magnitude, considering their three lovely young girls they have given unto the light of our Sun together, and who travel with them on their new musical tour of the United States. The new album features songs they've been carrying with them for several years now, along with freshly seasoned items from a diverse arc of the spectrum. In some ways this album shines with such freshness, it's as if it were their new 1st album.
Yet as any fan of this troupe-de-force already knows, you can add it to the stack of six that preceded it and it glimmers like the next perfect card in a tarot deck.
Yet as any fan of this troupe-de-force already knows, you can add it to the stack of six that preceded it and it glimmers like the next perfect card in a tarot deck.
Interestingly enough (I was about to post their 2016 tour dates) -- tonight is the final night of their BORN OF THE SUN tour, check it out!
Fr 19 Berkeley, CA @ The Starry Plough
starryploughbooking@yahoo.
**Go to http://www.faunfables.com/ for more show updates, our newsletter.. and more !
starryploughbooking@yahoo.
**Go to http://www.faunfables.com/ for more show updates, our newsletter.. and more !
So if you're anywhere near the Berkely area -- get yourself over to the Starry Plough for a great evening of powerful music from Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl, they will be sure to please the crowd gathered regardless of how young or large, old or small.
Below I"ve posted the seven Faun Fables album covers in order of appearance, and also the rare cassette edition of Dawn McCarthy's debut solo release, last year's Traveller Returning.
I've posted one song from each release, so listen to and/or watch all eight YouTube Faun Fables songs I've selected below. They're not necessarily the best from each album--they're just what I was able to pull from YT--but regardless, they will give you an extraordinary sense of what the mysterious Faun Fables sonic webwork sounds like over the past twenty years.
Welcome my friends, welcome to the Mountain under the Sun.
1994 ~ 1999
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