dllfces Made an EP Out of a Tarot Reading — And Meant Every Word

A Reading, Then a Record

Most people get a tarot reading for closure. dllfces got a tracklist.

Here's how it went down. dllfces sat for a reading and asked the reader a straight question — what should I put out? The reader pulled three cards: Two of Pentacles, The Lovers, and The Devil. That became the blueprint for this EP, anchored around The Lovers.

But don't mistake the spiritual origin for something gauzy or abstract. "Every song I write is real and experienced by me," dllfces says. So when you ask what this project cost — that's the answer. It cost them the actual living of it. The cards just named what was already there.

"Seven Minutes" and the Thing Behind It

The lead cut is "Seven Minutes." If you've been burned by artists who dress up nothing in a lot of production, this is the opposite problem. dllfces isn't performing feeling — they're offloading it.

That's the whole point, and they'll tell you so plainly. Journaling never clicked. Opening up to a psychiatrist is hard. But the music? "I can speak through my music without a second thought." So the song isn't a product. It's the one channel that actually works. For a lot of people who make things, that lands harder than any hook.

"My music is who I am," is the one-liner they gave. Usually that reads as a slogan. Here it reads as a fact you'd feel bad arguing with.

What It Took To Even Record This

Let's not soften the part that deserves respect. dllfces made this EP with no money, on the constant edge of losing their apartment. If you've never tried to build something creative while the ground is shaking under you, understand that recording and producing under that kind of pressure is its own kind of impossible.

What cracked it open was the audience. Finding people who actually listened is how dllfces met the producer behind this EP — someone willing to work with the budget, work with the situation, and make the thing exist anyway. That's not a small footnote. That's the reason there's music to play at all.

So the support isn't abstract flattery to this artist. It's structural. "Everyone who listens to and supports my music is supporting the only thing in life that matters to me," dllfces says. "No matter how well or how horribly I do, I will always be incredibly grateful for that support."

Read that twice. "No matter how horribly I do." That's someone who isn't gaming you for a stat. That's someone who'd make this whether the numbers came or not — and is just thankful when a stranger shows up.

What's Next

The plan is simple and it's grind-shaped. dllfces is booking as many shows as possible. And more than anything, they're still writing — because the writing was never optional. Two songs are teed up to come next: "Encore!" and "Touch."

If you connect with people who put the real thing on tape instead of the marketable version of it, this is a name to sit with early. Go hear "Seven Minutes" on Spotify, then follow along on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube — all @dllfces.

Support here isn't a like. It's oxygen. And dllfces already told you they'll remember it either way.