Tu Fawning is the new project of Joe Haege and Corrina Repp. The
collaboration stemmed from a mutual desire to achieve something outside
the bounds of their other
projects, 31Knots (Haege) and Corrina Repp.
One look at the liner notes
finds Haege all over Corrina Repp's The Absent and The Distant,
which was released on Mark Kozelek's (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon)
label Caldo Verde. Then the roles were reversed as Repp appeared on
31Knots' ep:Polemics and The Days and Nights off Everything Anywhere (both released on Polyvinyl).
Haege
has also served as Repp's backing "band" for tours they have done with
Mark Kozelek and Norfolk and Western, playing drums, piano, samples and
singing. This is truly when the ideas for what would become Tu Fawning began to take shape.
Under this new moniker, Haege and Repp are able to fully realize their palette of piano, drums, percussion, guitar, vocals and samples. The end result is a hybrid of their own individual sounds coming together, but it feels and sounds so natural -- like something more than the sum of its parts. It's as if the frantic nature of 31Knots has caught its
breath and Corrina Repp has found herself finally uninhibited to sing in front of some antiquated tribal music of
hymns and ballads.
Both Haege and Repp have been touring
internationally for many years now. They have individually shared the
stage with the likes of Cat Power, The Decemberists, Modest Mouse and
Menomena to name a few. Together under the Tu Fawning moniker they
already have a European tour under their belt as well as quickly
becoming one of the
most recognizable bands in the local music scene in Portland.