#deerful

Deerful, in her own words, “writes electropop about feelings on synthesisers small enough to use on the bus and in tiny live-coding environments, and exists in a perpetual state of being far too excited about making things”. She makes beautiful sad songs that sound happy, sometimes on a Gameboy, sometimes on a synthesiser small enough to be a Gameboy, sometimes by programming the sounds as she sings with a neat thing called ixilang.

Come for the incredible 80s covers of pop songs:

Stay for originals about stars and being too depressed to go outside

or caring for plants and yourself

or this beautiful, abstract song about women and art and love

and check out the Riches and Wonders cover described by John Darnielle himself as “I can’t remember her name but she’s a much better singer than me”

Deerful is on Bandcamp and Spotify and YouTube and Google Music. She has a full album, Peach (track-by-track guide here); she has a mini-album Tell Me I Can Fix This On My Own (my personal fav); she has a whole host of singles and EPs and covers.