Mazy Fly
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{{Infobox album
| name = Mazy Fly
| type = studio
| artist = Spellling
| cover = MazyFly.png
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2019|2|22}}
| recorded = 2018
| studio = Antiquity Records {{small|(Oakland, CA)}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 42:31
| label = Sacred Bones
| producer = Tia Cabral{{Cite web|url=https://spellling.bandcamp.com/album/mazy-fly|title=Mazy Fly by SPELLLING|website=spellling.bandcamp.com|access-date=June 20, 2021}}
| prev_title = Pantheon of Me
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = The Turning Wheel
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Mazy Fly
| type = studio
| single1 = Hard to Please
| single1date = {{start date|2018}}
| single2 = Haunted Water
| single2date = {{start date|2018}}
| single3 = Under the Sun
| single3date = {{start date|2019}}
}}
}}
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".{{Cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/26086-spellling-mazy-fly-review|title=Reviews - Spellling - MAZY FLY {{!}} The Quietus|website=thequietus.com|date=February 22, 2019|access-date=June 20, 2021|last=Ghezawi|first=Kareem}} Tiny Mix Tapes noted its styles as experimental, R&B, and techno.
Critical reception
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/mazy-fly-mw0003229675|title=Mazy Fly - Spellling {{!}} AllMusic|website=allmusic.com|access-date=August 24, 2023|last=Simpson|first=Paul}}
| rev2 = Exclaim!
| rev3 = Paste
| rev4 = PopMatters
| rev5 = Pitchfork
| rev6 = Tiny Mix Tapes
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5|full=TMT full.svg|half=TMT half.svg|empty=TMT empty.svg|rating=mark}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/spellling-mazy-fly|title=SPELLLING - Mazy Fly {{!}} Tiny Mix Tapes|website=tinymixtapes.com|access-date=June 20, 2021|last=Hannah|first=Sean}}
| rev7 = Under the Radar
}}
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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/mazy-fly/spellling|title=Mazy Fly by Spellling Reviews and Tracks {{!}} Metacritic|website=metacritic.com|access-date=June 20, 2021}}
Eric R. Denton for Paste called its songs "at once spacious and intimate" and the record as "remarkably cohesive". Concluding the review for AllMusic, Paul Simpson declared, "the album is a delightful trip from an unmistakably original artist."
=Accolades=
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| Bandcamp Daily
| The Best Albums of 2019 | {{center|27}} |
| Metacritic
| Best Music and Albums for 2019 | {{center|51}} |
Track listing
All songs written by Spellling.
{{track listing
|title_width=100
|title1=Red
|length1=2:13
|title2=Haunted Water
|length2=4:50
|title3=Hard to Please
|length3=2:08
|title4=Golden Numbers
|length4=2:44
|title5=Melted Wings
|length5=1:52
|title6=Under the Sun
|length6=5:55
|title7=Real Fun
|length7=3:32
|title8=Hard to Please (Reprise)
|length8=3:34
|title9=Afterlife
|length9=5:24
|title10=Dirty Desert Dreams
|length10=2:32
|title11=Secret Thread
|length11=5:06
|title12=Falling Asleep
|length12=2:45
|total_length=42:31
}}
Personnel
- Tia Cabral – vocals, Roland Juno-106
- Divya Farias – violin, saxophone
- Andrea Genevieve – guitar {{small|(7)}}
- Janak Preston – percussion {{small|(10)}}
- Jacob Richards – percussion {{small|(7-9)}}