Stella Donnelly - Flood - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Stella Donnelly is a proud, self-proclaimed S**t-stirrer. On lead single InchOld Man,Inch the biting opener of her electrifying debut album, Beware of the Dogs, she targets the song's titular creep, InchOh are you scared of me old man or are you scared of what I'll do? You grabbed me with an open hand. The world is grabbing back at you.Inch When something needs to be said, whether it's to an abusive man, a terrible boss, or a clueless significant other, the 26-year old Fremantle, Western Australia-based musician is fearless in telling it like it is. Delivered entirely with a sarcastic wink and a full heart, Beware of the Dogs proves across 13 life-affirming songs the power in sticking up for yourself, your friends, and what's right. The album showcases an artist totally in command of her voice, able to wield her inviting charm and razor-sharp wit into authentically raw songs. It's a resounding statement of purpose in recent memory and most importantly, it's a portrait of Donnelly taking charge. She says, Inchthis album made me feel like I was back in the driver's seat. It was really liberating and grounding to realize that no one can F**k with this except me.Inch

Like the many Banded Stilts that spread across the cover of her newest album Flood, Stella Donnelly is wading into uncharted territory. Here, she finds herself discovering who she is as an artist among the flock, and how abundant one individual can be. Flood is Donnelly's record of this rediscovery the product of months of risky experimentation, hard moments of introspection, and a lot of moving around. Her early reflections on the relationship between the individual and the many can be traced back to Donnelly's time in the rainforests of Bellingen, where she took to birdwatching as both a hobby and an escape in a border-restricted world. By paying closer attention to the natural world around her, she recalls InchI was able to lose that feeling of anyone's reaction to me. I forgot who I was as a musician, which was a humbling experience of just being; being my small self.Inch Reconnecting with the 'small self' allowed Donnelly to tap into creative wells she didn't know existed. Soon songs were coming to her in a way she could not control and over the coming months, Donnelly accumulated 43 tracks as she moved out of Bellingen and around the country, often finding herself displaced due to border restrictions, a tough rental market, and once from the joys of finding black mould in the walls. InchI had so many opportunities to write things in strange places,Inch Donnelly remarks, having passed through Fremantle, Williams, Guilderton, Margaret River and Melbourne. InchI often had no choice about where I was. There's no denying that not being able to access your family with border closures, it zooms in on those parts of your life you care about.Inch With new locations came new approaches. InchIt freshened things up for sure,Inch Donnelly says, and writing with band members Jennifer Aslett, George Foster, Jack Gaby and Marcel Tussie, soon began to feel like kindergarten pla

Stella Donnelly - Thrush Metal [VINYL LP] date 06/22/2018