Pantheon of Me, up through 2019âs Sacred Bones debut Mazy Fly, the Bay Area artist Chrystia Cabralâaka SPELLLINGâhas entertained a fascination with the otherworldly. âSPELLLING is about showing people that thereâs magic in every moment,â Cabral told Pitchfork at the time. With âLittle Deer,â the sweeping first single from her forthcoming third album, The Turning Wheel, Cabral vividly melds the mythical with the familiar. Amid self-produced, Fantasia-meets-Kate Bush orchestration comprising 17 different acoustic instruments, she sings about love, death, and reincarnation in alluring yet plain language. âHow do I fear, little deer/To take the precious life from you away?â she asks, pondering the question with a sense of whimsy and terror worthy of a fairytale. âLittle deer, little deer/I see myself inside of you.â Cabral takes lyrical inspiration from Frida Kahloâs self-portrait as