Spellling - Portrait of My Heart

SPELLLING’s most personal album yet, Portrait of My Heart, is a shimmering, shape-shifting blend of raw emotion and refined avant-pop. Chrystia Cabral steps out from behind the allegories, giving us a deeply vulnerable, direct, and undeniably magnetic collection of songs.

The title track hits hard with a defiant chorus—“I don’t belong here”—anchored by a driving rhythm section that crackles with urgency. “Mount Analogue,” a duet with Chaz Bear (Toro y Moi), drips with dreamy tension, while “Alibi” leans into fuzzy, riff-heavy territory thanks to Turnstile’s Pat McCrory. And then there’s “Drain,” slow, sludgy, and totally hypnotic, courtesy of Zulu’s Braxton Marcellous.

With lush contributions from her tight-knit band and producers like Rob Bisel and Psymun, this record finds Cabral energized, expressive, and fully in control. It’s still SPELLLING, just stripped of mystique and drenched in feeling. Raw, rocking, and gorgeously real—Portrait of My Heart is a fearless sonic diary that marks a bold new chapter in her spellbinding journey.