Last Month, songtellers Faun Fables, featuring Dawn McCarthy and Nils Frykdahl, along with their daughters, Edda, Ura, and Gudrin, announced their new album Counterclockwise (May 30th via Drag City).
Their single Ember Bell, a meditation on the organic complexities of motherhood and pregnancy, accompanied the album announcement. Today, they are sharing Widdershins, a quirky term that refers to travelling counterclockwise or going in the direction opposite to the usual.
The label describe “Widdershins” as an ornately decorated folk epistle that shares an existential fundament of Faun Fables’ worldview — along with the title of their new album. To move against the grain has long been thought unlucky; as Dawn and Nils raise their family, they feel lucky to be vitalised by the strength of youth rather than the shades of aging. As they set about “unweaving the strands of time,” their vocals multiply, suggesting the majesty of the eternal recurrence.
The album is dedicated with love to Dawn’s late father, Edward ‘Will’ McCarthy, Counterclockwise is an evocation of the essential truth and joy of Faun Fables’ relationship with time, the greatest value they can imagine to give to anyone who listens to their music. Counterclockwise arrives May 30th.
Pre-Order/Save Counterclockwise: https://lnk.to/ffcounterclockwise
Faun Fables 2025 Tour Dates
USA
June 8th @ Pomona College (Doms Lounge, Smith Campus Center) – Claremont, CA
w/ Eye of the Sun
June 18th @ The Whirling Tiger – Louisville, KY
Europe
w/ Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
July 26th @ Hybrida – Udine, IT
July 28th @ Alter Schlachthof – Wes, AT
July 29th@ Lucerna Music Bar – Prague, CZ
Aug. 4th @ Kuudes Linja – Helsinki, FI
Aug. 6th @ Festival Brutal Assault, Josefov – Prague, CZ
Aug. 8th @ Stengade – Copenhagen, DK
Aug. 9th @ 1000Fryd – Aalborg, DK
Aug. 11th @ Neue Zukunft – Berlin, DE
Aug. 13th @ Cpunt- Amsterdam, NL