SPELLLING to Return With Portrait of My Heart

Tia Cabral, the Bay Area performer known best by her stage name SPELLLING, will return with her fourth studio album, Portrait of My Heart, on March 28. One of the best record labels around, Sacred Bones, will put the 11-track LP out into the world, and Cabral is giving us a taste via a title track lead single. “Portrait of My Heart” is startling in its catchiness, etched into existence by a throbbing drum beat, orchestral streaks and Cabral’s falsetto that, at once, is like an intimate flood and a far-away echo. Then, a mark of synth-driven, anthemic poppiness collapses into an immediate, zig-zagging ballast of many voices.

“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,” Cabral said of “Portrait of My Heart” in a press release. “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.”

Last year, we named Cabral’s The Turning Wheel the 10th-best album of the 2020s so far, and her re-recorded compilation project, SPELLLING & the Mystery School, nabbed an 8.5 rating from critic Devon Chodzin. Watch the music video for “Portrait of My Heart” and check out the album’s artwork, tracklist and SPELLLING’s upcoming tour dates below.

Portrait of My Heart Artwork:

Portrait of My Heart Tracklist:
Portrait of My Heart
Keep It Alive
Alibi
Waterfall
Destiny Arrives
Ammunition
Mount Analogue
Drain
Satisfaction
Love Ray Eyes
Sometimes (My Bloody Valentine cover)

SPELLLING’s Upcoming 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