Faun Fables

Spokane, Washington-raised musician, dancer, and songwriter Dawn “The Faun” McCarthy shaped Faun Fables in 1997. After a self-released debut, 1999’s Early Melody, her powerful tone of voice, penchant for functionality art, and United kingdom folk-infused rock and roll with lyrics steeped in pagan imagery seduced the interest of Nils Frykdahl (Sleepytime Gorilla Museum). Frykdahl became a regular collaborator, showing up on 2001’s Mom Twilight. The next calendar year, McCarthy premiered her musical The Transit Rider, using the associated soundtrack slated for afterwards discharge. The duo released Family Record that same calendar year on Drag Town Records, accompanied by the conceptual soundtrack record The Transit Rider, which finally noticed discharge in 2006, four years following the musical. In 2008, the duo released the culinary-themed EP A Desk Forgotten, the initial installment in McCarthy’s exploration of women’s assignments in the house. Just with time for the changeover to winter this year 2010, Faun Fables released another ambitious concept record (the first getting The Transit Rider), this time around reflecting climate and the times of year, entitled Light of the Vaster Dark. The duo after that came back in 2016 using their 6th studio effort, Blessed of sunlight.