Are you primarily going to Bumbershoot to see Aurora? Were you obsessed with Kate Bush before “Running Up That Hill” was on Stranger Things? Do you wish Pink Slip from Freaky Friday (2001) were a real band? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, go see SPELLLING at the Mural stage on Sunday.

In 2019, I was desperately looking for something similar to Solange’s masterpiece, A Seat at the Table, which I had been listening to nonstop for three years. While I found that Solange’s sound is not replicable, the mission led me to SPELLLING’s sophomore album, Mazy Fly. There are a few songs on the album that could be compared to Solange’s fluid, hushed vocals and reggae-inspired beats (“Hard to Please (Reprise)” and “Under the Sun”), but the bulk of the album brings to mind experimental

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