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Jan 10, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Stephanie Pia

SPELLLING (aka Chrystia Cabral) has announced a new album, Portrait of My Heart, and released its lead single, title track “Portrait of My Heart,” via a music video. Portrait of My Heart is due out March 28 via Sacred Bones. Check out the single and the album details below, followed by her upcoming tour dates.

Cabral had this to say about the new single in a press release: “When the lyrics for the title track came together, it really started to morph everything in this more energetic direction, instead of this more whimsical landscape that I’ve worked with before. It started to become more driven, higher energy, more focused. And I have a big affection for it because of that. I love that it feels like it withstood transformation, which is something I always want to aspire to with things that I make. I want them to have this sense of timelessness. It could exist like this, or like that, or like this, but this is the one for right now.”

SPELLLING’s last regular album was 2021’s The Turning Wheel, although in 2023 she released SPELLLING & the Mystery School, a collection of re-envisioned versions of songs from her previous albums re-recorded with her touring band. Said band is featured on Portrait of My Heart: Wyatt Overson (guitar), Patrick Shelley (drums), and Giulio Xavier Cetto (bass). The album also features Chaz Bear of Toro y Moi (who sings on the duet “Mount Analogue”), Turnstile guitarist Pat McCrory, and Zulu’s Braxton Marcellous. Cabral worked with three producers on the new album—The Turning Wheel mixing engineer Drew Vandenberg, SZA collaborator Rob Bisel, and Yves Tumor producer Psymun.

Read our My Favorite Album interview with SPELLLING.

Listen to our 2021 podcast interview with SPELLLING.

Portrait of My Heart Tracklist:

1. Portrait of My Heart
2. Keep It Alive
3. Alibi
4. Waterfall
5. Destiny Arrives
6. Ammunition
7. Mount Analogue
8. Drain
9. Satisfaction
10. Love Ray Eyes
11. Sometimes (My Bloody Valentine cover)

SPELLLING Tour Dates:

Fri. April 4 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Thu. April 24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Fri. April 25 - Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
Sat. April 26 - Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar
Mon. April 28 - Austin, TX @ Parish
Tue. April 29 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Wed. April 30 - New Orleans, LA @ Santos
Fri. May 2 - Atlanta, GA @ The EARL
Sat. May 3 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
Sun. May 4 - Washington, DC @ Union Stage
Tue. May 6 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Fri. May 9 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sat. May 10 - Amherst, MA @ The Drake
Mon. May 12 - Detroit, MI @ El Club
Tue. May 13 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Wed. May 14 - Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
Thu. May 15 - Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
Sat. May 17 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
Mon. May 19 - Reno, NV @ The Holland Project

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