Mazy Fly
by Spellling
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 21
  3. Negative: 2 out of 21
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  1. musicwizard636
    Mar 21, 2019
    7
    I'm thankful that music has Spellling in 2019. She has only introduced me to more unique and adventurous sounds that I hope to discover. Which seems so impossible in the giant ocean of music.
  2. nweditor
    Feb 25, 2019
    9
    I liked Spellling's debut, "Pantheon of Me," so much that I was nervous about this follow-up. I'd never heard anything quite like "Pantheon," with its ghostly whispers, shifting tempos and offbeat accessibility. I'm thrilled to report that "Mazy" is similar in style but stranger in substance -- a welcome shift. The instrumentation is a bit broader and bolder, and the subject matter --I liked Spellling's debut, "Pantheon of Me," so much that I was nervous about this follow-up. I'd never heard anything quite like "Pantheon," with its ghostly whispers, shifting tempos and offbeat accessibility. I'm thrilled to report that "Mazy" is similar in style but stranger in substance -- a welcome shift. The instrumentation is a bit broader and bolder, and the subject matter -- slave ships, aliens visiting Earth to dance and, you know, love -- is on the right side of the line between "out there" and "just silly." My only complaint is that the album passes quickly. I sense Spellling could create something a lot more epic, given the scope of her talent, and hope that's something to look forward to down the road. I'll note that the last time I was this interested in a follow-up, the artist was Badly Drawn Boy and the debut was 2000's "The Hour of Bewilderbeast." He never put out anything else even one-third as good as that album, and I'm so glad Spellling hasn't followed a similar trajectory.… Expand
  3. All_ButTrU4
    Feb 11, 2022
    5
    sharp, wispy aches to flat, guttural releases, vocal notes move innately and curiously. She sings to discover as if every bellow imagines a peace that her spoken voice cannot. ... [An] unpredictable, nuanced album.

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#51 Best Album of 2019

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Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. The Wire
    Apr 3, 2019
    80
    Cabral’s vocals, typically hushed, make Mazy Fly feel like a shared secret, its own world, and it’s thrilling to enter. [Apr 2019, p.62]
  2. Under The Radar
    Mar 13, 2019
    80
    Mazy Fly is a winged spirit, an album constructed from a synth system that seems to be enamored by chemical trails to the cosmos.
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  3. PopMatters
    Feb 27, 2019
    90
    From sharp, wispy aches to flat, guttural releases, vocal notes move innately and curiously. She sings to discover as if every bellow imagines a peace that her spoken voice cannot. ... [An] unpredictable, nuanced album.
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