Katie Von Schleicher is an American

songwriter A songwriter is a musician who professionally composes musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music gen ...

and musician based in

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. She is the keyboardist and co-lead vocalist of

Wilder Maker Wilder Maker is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2014. The band consists of Gabriel Birnbaum (guitar and vocals), Katie Von Schleicher (keyboards, guitar, vocals), Nick Jost (bass), Sean Mullins (drums) and Adam Bri ...

History

In 2015, Von Schleicher signed with Ba Da Bing! Records to release her debut mini-album ''Bleaksploitation.'' The album was met with favorable reviews. Von Schleicher is known for her dark pop songs, often recorded on four-track cassette. Her debut full-length ''Shitty Hits'' was praised by Pitchfork,

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, and

Bandcamp Bandcamp is an American online audio distribution platform founded in 2007 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with headquarters in Oakland, California, US. On March 2, 2022, Bandcamp ...

. Paul Thompson described ''Shitty Hits'' as "a kaleidoscope in grayscale: creaky chamber-pop, dirge-driven doom-folk, hushed solo piano works."

Discography

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Von Schleicher, Katie Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American women songwriters Songwriters from Maryland American rock keyboardists American women rock singers 21st-century American women musicians