Spellbound

About the song

“Spellbound” appeared on Siouxsie and the Banshees’ 1981 album Juju. The recording combines rapidly moving guitar lines with a tightly maintained rhythmic drive, giving its darker atmosphere an unusually agile surface.

Sound and arrangement

John McGeoch’s guitar supplies both melody and texture around Siouxsie Sioux’s vocal. Bass and drums keep the song moving while the upper parts seem to flicker and turn above them.

Listening closely

Listen for the guitar’s changing shapes beneath the recurring vocal lines. Its detail creates motion inside the repeated structure, helping the song remain tense without becoming heavy in a conventional hard-rock sense.