“Stella Donnelly is once again excellently charming and engaging on Flood”
“Perth-based singer/songwriter Stella Donnelly’s first album, the hardened, soul-swelling Beware of the Dogs, solidified her spot among her Oceania contemporaries—Aldous Harding, Julia Jacklin, Alex Lahey and others—in 2019. The songs level at crumbling relationships, holding abusers accountable and losing bodily agency. And as Donnelly drops vivid scenes of trauma into her accounts of everyday lif”
“sharp, sensitive tales from a masterful storyteller”
“dextrous songs and whip-smart lyrics reward a closer listen”
“Grounding her second album in moments of real vulnerability, the Australian singer-songwriter zeroes in on her guiding concern as a musician: how we seek and create safety.”
