SPELLES is a mysterious Los Angeles-based band that has released two EPs, 2015’s self-titled EP and 2021’s Machete, as well as a standalone single, 2017’s “Dead in the Water.” Their material has amassed over 5 million streams across DSPs while being praised by the likes of Consequence, CLASH, BBC, NME, NPR and others. And adding to a growing profile, they’ve had songs appear on shows like Good Girls, Pretty Little Liars and several others.

Their full-length debut, Diving Into the Arms of the Divine is slated for a November 15, 2023 release. The Los Angeles-based outfit’s latest single, the anthemic and brooding “Night Terrors” sees the bad pairing powerhouse soulful vocals with a bluesy bass synth riff and propulsive, pulsating drums. The song’s choruses feature glistening organ textures and eerie string, which emphasize a creeping and uneasy sense of dread throughout. Sonically, the song sounds like a trippy synthesis of The White Stripes, The Black Angels, Amy Winehouse and Suicide while rooted in seemingly lived-in lyricism.

As the band explains, the song touches upon a familiar dichotomy: “the feelings of hope and hopeless that one inevitably experiences when chasing an elusive dream.”

Fittingly, the accompanying video features occult and creepy imagery, stock imagery of eclipses, the band’s lead vocalist being chased by an unseen and elusive attacker and more.