Spellling & the Mystery School

Spellling & the Mystery School
Studio album (re-recorded)by Spellling
Released	August 25, 2023 (2023-08-25)
Studio	Tiny Telephone, San Francisco
Length	51:00
Label	Sacred Bones
Producer	Spellling
Spellling chronology
The Turning Wheel (2021) Spellling & the Mystery School (2023)
Singles from Spellling & the Mystery School
"Cherry / Under the Sun" Released: July 11, 2023 "Hard to Please (Reprise)" Released: August 2, 2023

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Line of Best Fit	8/10 [3]
Paste	8.5/10 [4]
Pitchfork	7.2/10 [5]
Slant Magazine	[6]

Spellling & the Mystery School ("Spellling" stylized in all caps) is the fourth studio album by American experimental pop musician Spellling. It was released on August 25, 2023, ^[7] and contains re-recordings of various selected songs from all of her previous albums.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tia Cabral.

Spellling & the Mystery School track listing

No.	Title	Originally from	Length
1.	"Walk Up to Your House"	Pantheon of Me (2017)	4:14
2.	"Under the Sun"	Mazy Fly (2019)	4:57
3.	"They Start the Dance"	Pantheon of Me	3:20
4.	"Cherry"	Pantheon of Me	3:47
5.	"Haunted Water"	Mazy Fly	4:30
6.	"Hard to Please (Reprise)"	Mazy Fly	3:17
7.	"Phantom Farewell"	Pantheon of Me	4:13
8.	"Boys at School"	The Turning Wheel (2021)	8:01
9.	"Always"	The Turning Wheel	5:34
10.	"Revolution"	The Turning Wheel	5:23
11.	"Sweet Talk"	The Turning Wheel	3:58
Total length:			51:15

Personnel

Musicians

• Spellling – vocals, synthesizer
• Giulio Xavier Cetto – bass
• Wyatt Overson – guitar
• Patrick Shelley – percussion
• Jaren Feeley – piano
• Dharma Moon-Hunter – backing vocals
• Toya Willock – backing vocals
• Del Sol Quartet – strings
• Divya Farias – violin

Technical

• Spellling – production
• Joe Lambert – mastering
• Drew Vandenberg – mixing
• Maryam Qudus – engineering
• Nicole Rowe – engineering assistance

References

1. "Spellling & the Mystery School by Spellling Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved August 26, 2023.
2. Simpson, Paul. "Spellling - Spellling & the Mystery School Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic . Retrieved February 8, 2025.
3. Horton, Ross (August 24, 2023). "SPELLLING & the Mystery School sees a unique artist take on a full band and rework their past". The Line of Best Fit . Retrieved August 26, 2023.
4. Chodzin, Devon (August 25, 2023). "Spellling & the Mystery School is a Glamorous Recasting of a Rising Star's Career". Paste . Retrieved August 26, 2023.
5. Torres, Eric (August 24, 2023). "Spellling: Spellling & the Mystery School Album Review". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 26, 2023.
6. Poland, Dana (August 17, 2023). "Spellling Spellling & the Mystery School Review". Slant Magazine . Retrieved August 26, 2023.
7. "Spellling & the Mystery School, by SPELLLING". Spellling. Retrieved 2023-07-14.