Now I truly love this track. From the very first notes of “Spell On Me,” you can tell it’s going to be something special—and when the vocals come in, you can’t help but smile because it just sounds so incredibly good. There’s a hint of John Mayer in the phrasing, a touch of Stevie Wonder in the soulfulness, and you can also sense influences like Jeff Buckley and Dave Matthews woven into the performance.
The theme of the song is timeless. Relationships are complicated—perhaps especially so for outspoken bluesmen: “She’s Jekyll and she’s Hyde, she’s a woman and a child.” Yet Hill’s soulful, blues-infused delivery makes the lyric resonate beautifully rather than feel clichéd. In the film Crossroads, Willie Brown says, “Blues ain’t nothing but a good man feeling bad.” I’ve always thought that was an apt definition of the genre. And if that truly captures the essence of the blues, then SJ Hill embodies it perfectly here.
“Spell On Me” is a superb blues-tinged pop-rock track—both timeless and compelling. It’s hard to imagine anyone not being won over by it.
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