SPELLLING (aka Chrystia Cabral) is back with a new album. Portrait of My Heart, her follow-up to her 2021 LP The Turning Wheel, is out 3/28 via Sacred Bones.

Her fourth album was coproduced with three producers – The Turning Wheel mixing engineer Drew Vandenberg, SZA collaborator Rob Bisel, and Yves Tumor producer Psymun – and features members of her band (the Mystery School), in addition to assists from folks like Toro Y Moi, Turnstile guitarist Pat McCrory, and Zulu’s Braxton Marcellous.

The lead single, the title track ("Portrait of My Heart"), is out now. Watch the Amber Navarro-directed video below:

According to a press release, "[The new album] transforms her acclaimed avant-pop project into a mirror, as her lyrics for Portrait of My Heart tackle love, intimacy, anxiety, and alienation, trading the allegorical approach of much of her previous work for something she says is 'pointed into my human heart.'"

And on the new track specifically, Cabral had this to say:

"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."

Portrait of My Heart is out 3/28. Preorder here. Full tracklist below:

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's previous album The Turning Wheel received a mythical 10 from Anthony Fantano, and went on to be his number one album of 2021. Anthony would go on to praise the record stating "the production is immaculate - if not literally perfect. There is not a single sound on this thing that I am not in awe with."

Revisit "Little Deer" off of The Turning Wheel below:

Back in October, Cabral announced via Instagram the "Portrait of My Heart Tour". The tour will feature 19 shows across the United States. The tour will kick off in San Francisco on 4 April and will end in Reno on 19 May.

SPELLLING Portrait of My Heart Tour, USA 2025: 

04/04 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/24 Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
04/25 Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole
04/26 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar
04/28 Austin, TX @ Parish
04/29 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
04/30 New Orleans, LA @ Santos
05/02 Atlanta, GA @ The EARL
05/03 Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
05/04 Washington, DC @ Union Stage
05/06 Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
05/09 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
05/10 Amherst, MA @ The Drake
05/12 Detroit, MI @ El Club
05/13 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
05/14 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
05/15 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
05/17 Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
05/19 Reno, NV @ The Holland Project

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