Spellling
Chrystia "Tia" Cabral, known professionally as Spellling, is an American experimental pop musician based in Oakland, California. Cabral released her debut album, Pantheon of Me, in September 2017; Pitchfork felt it was "surely among the most overlooked debuts this calendar year". Signing to Sacred Bones Records in 2018, she followed up in February 2019 with Mazy Fly. It was met with universal acclaim by music critics, who enjoyed the dark and eerie qualities of Spellling's sound. Cabral released the third full-length Spellling album, The Turning Wheel, on June 25, 2021. She followed that up with Spellling & the Mystery School in 2023 and Portrait of My Heart in 2025.
How Critics See Spellling
Chorus pulls the clearest critic-consensus signals out of this discography: the highest-rated record, the tightest agreement, the sharpest split, and the best place to start.
Portrait Of My Heart
2025
Highest ChoruScore in this discography at 76/100 across 10 reviews.
Spellling's Portrait Of My Heart pushes Tia Cabral from witchy mystique into arena-minded, genre-blending spectacle, and critics mostly agree that the record's biggest triumphs com...
Portrait Of My Heart
2025
Best balance of score, review depth, and critic agreement for a first listen.
Spellling's Portrait Of My Heart pushes Tia Cabral from witchy mystique into arena-minded, genre-blending spectacle, and critics mostly agree that the record's biggest triumphs com...
