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Portrait Of My Heart

SPELLLING

Portrait Of My Heart

Fifth full-length album of experimental art-pop from the Bay Area artist Chrystia Cabral

ADM rating[?]

6.6

Label
Sacred Bones
UK Release date
28/03/2025
US Release date
28/03/2025
  1. 8.0 |   The Skinny

    On her ardent fourth album, SPELLLING's Chrystia Cabral channels and exudes a wild assortment of sonic influences, resulting in her most honest and entrancing record to date
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  2. 8.0 |   All Music

    Portrait of My Heart is Spellling's most accessible work, but it's still unconventional and unpredictable, reflecting her uniquely magical vision
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  3. 8.0 |   NME

    On her fourth studio album, Chrystia Cabral lets listeners inch closer under her otherworldly glow
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  4. 7.1 |   Pitchfork

    The Bay Area musician’s new album is an elegant, stormy take on the nu-metal, pop-punk, and ’90s guitar superstars who soundtracked millennial angst
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  5. 7.0 |   Paste Magazine

    Tia Cabral’s first album of new material in nearly four years trades in whimsical divinity for dramatic power ballads, and her otherworldly lyrics have grown into world-weary, bullseye-precise, say-it-like-you-mean-it schmaltz
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  6. 6.0 |   Record Collector

    Certain tracks are closer to the power ballad moments of Skunk Anansie. Spellling's vocal skills remain impressive as ever. Print edition only

  7. 6.0 |   Clash

    It doesn’t really coalesce into a total success, despite some unquestionably fun moments, clear skill and grand ambition
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  8. 4.0 |   Far Out

    Feels too measured and somehow lacks a human touch and the beauty of flaws
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