Mazy Fly

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Mazy Fly
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Studio album by
Spellling
ReleasedFebruary 22, 2019 (2019-02-22)
StudioAntiquity Records (Oakland, CA)[1]
Genre
Length42:31
LabelSacred Bones
ProducerTia Cabral[2]
Spellling chronology
Pantheon of Me
(2017) 		Mazy Fly
(2019) 		The Turning Wheel
(2021)

Mazy Fly is the second studio album by American experimental pop musician Spellling, released in February 2019. It is her debut recording with Sacred Bones Records, making her labelmates with artists like Jenny Hval and Zola Jesus.

Composition[]

Kareem Ghezawi for The Quietus noted its songs as "experimental neo-soul", as well as comparing Spellling's avant-garde leanings to lauded musicians Björk, FKA twigs and Zola Jesus. He also called the record a “psychedelic circus of one".[3] Tiny Mix Tapes noted its styles as experimental, R&B, and techno.[4]

In the AllMusic review for Mazy Fly, the "stunning" "Haunted Waters" is a dark wave ballad.[1] "Under the Sun" is "retrofuture", "space-carnival" disco.[1][5] "Real Fun" is metal-tinged, its ending resembling styles such as black metal and orchestral metal.[5][6] Hints of alternative R&B, kosmische, and lo-fi influences can be heard on "Hard to Please (Reprise)".[4]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[7]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3.5/5 stars[1]
Exclaim!9/10[8]
Paste8.2/10[9]
PopMatters9/10[5]
Pitchfork8.0/10[6]
Tiny Mix Tapes4/5 marks[4]
Under the Radar8/10[10]

Mazy Fly was released to critical acclaim from music reviewers. On Metacritic, it has a score of 84/100, based on 10 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[7]

Eric R. Denton for Paste called its songs "at once spacious and intimate" and the record as "remarkably cohesive".[9]

Accolades[]

Publication List Rank Ref.
Bandcamp Daily The Best Albums of 2019
27
 [11]
Metacritic Best Music and Albums for 2019
51
 [12]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Spellling.

No.TitleLength
1."Red"2:13
2."Haunted Water"4:50
3."Hard to Please"2:08
4."Golden Numbers"2:44
5."Melted Wings"1:52
6."Under the Sun"5:55
7."Real Fun"3:32
8."Hard to Please (Reprise)"3:34
9."Afterlife"5:24
10."Dirty Desert Dreams"2:32
11."Secret Thread"5:06
12."Falling Asleep"2:45
Total length:42:31

Personnel[]

Spellling

  • Tia Cabral – vocals, Ronald Juno-106

Additional musicians[2]

  • Divya Farias – violin, saxophone
  • Andrea Genevieve – guitar (7)
  • Janak Preston – percussion (10)
  • Jacob Richards – percussion (7-9)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Simpson, Paul. "Mazy Fly - Spellling | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mazy Fly by SPELLLING". spellling.bandcamp.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  3. ^ Ghezawi, Kareem (February 22, 2019). "Reviews - Spellling - MAZY FLY | The Quietus". thequietus.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Hannah, Sean. "SPELLLING - Mazy Fly | Tiny Mix Tapes". tinymixtapes.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Kim, Hans (February 27, 2019). "SPELLLING'S 'Mazy Fly' Revels in a Celestial Imagination, a Consciousness in Accordance with Afrofuturism and Wake Work | PopMatters". popmatters.com. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Evans, Dayna (February 22, 2019). "SPELLLING: Mazy Fly Album Review | Pitchfork Media". pitchfork.com. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mazy Fly by Spellling Reviews and Tracks | Metacritic". metacritic.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  8. ^ Beedham, Tom (February 20, 2019). "Spellling Mazy Fly | Exclaim!". exclaim.ca. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b Danton, Eric R. (February 20, 2019). "SPELLLING: Mazy Fly Review | Paste Magazine". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  10. ^ Michael, Jordan J. (March 13, 2019). "SPELLLING: Mazy Fly (Sacred Bones) Review | Under the Radar". undertheradarmag.com. Retrieved June 20, 2021.
  11. ^ "The Best Albums of 2019: #40 – 21 | Bandcamp". daily.bandcamp.com. December 12, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  12. ^ "Best Music and Albums for 2019 | Metacritic". metacritic.com. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
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