Comedians making serious forays into songwriting practically constitute their own subgenre at this point, but the sad-eyed indie pop of Mae Martin’s musical debut album may still come as a shock to those familiar with their sassy comic persona. I’m a TV situates them in a lonely hearts club that counts Elliott Smith and Phoebe Bridgers as members, the nervous energy of Martin’s comedy sets replaced with more sobering reflections on life as a queer Canadian falling in and out of love while living in the UK. If comedy equals tragedy plus time, then I’m a TV subtracts time from the equation to catalog painful memories before they get turned into punch lines: On “I Love You So Much,” Martin fesses up to an unrequited crush on a friend who’s settled down with a husband and kids, declaring “If you ever want to throw a bomb into your life/Say the word,” a line that could be played for a laugh if not for the ache and desperation behind it. But in the hands of producers Jason Couse and Wes Marskell (aka Toronto alt-rock duo The Darcys), Martin’s heartfelt and hyperlocal storytelling comes wrapped in a widescreen cinematic splendor, while the daydreamy drift of “Brought Me Round” gradually acquires a stormy intensity worthy of ’90s Radiohead.