SPELLLING, the art-pop project of Bay Area musician Chrystia Cabral, is releasing a new album called Spelling and Mystery School Released August 25th via Sacred Bones. To celebrate the news, Cabral shared the record’s first two singles, “Cherry” b/w “Under the Sun.”
mystery school Some unconventional approaches were taken. These tracks are not a series of entirely new songs, but rather re-imaginings of songs already on the SPELLLING disc. Now, these new releases were recorded with her entire touring band, taking audience feedback into account, and Cabral now “understands what turns them on and/or what makes people want to dance more.” The album features Del Contributions from the Sol Quartet, Divya Farias, Jaren Feeley, Patrick Shelley and others, pre order In progress.
“With this album, I wanted to capture how these songs morph,” Cabral said in a press release. “They were like my children, growing up at different stages of life and I wanted to celebrate that. I’m proud to say this is my favorite thing I’ve created so far, and committed to the future of the sound it really is for SPELLING opens up new and exciting visions.”
A version of “Cherry” originally appeared on SPELLING’s 2017 debut album my pantheon “Choke Cherry Horse,” and “Under the Sun” from her 2019 LP Maze fly. Hear the new recordings of the two songs below, then keep scrolling for the artwork and tracklist Spelling and Mystery School the following.
SPELLLING’s last album is in 2021 runner.
Spelling and Mystery School artwork:
Spelling and Mystery School Track list:
01. Walk to your house
02. In the sun
03. They start dancing
04. Cherries
05. Haunted Water
06. Difficult to Please (Reprise)
07. Phantom Farewell
08. Boys in School
09. Forever
10. Revolution
11. Sweet talk