Stella Donnelly - Beware of the Dogs (Vinyl)
Stella Donnelly, who is in her mid-20s and from Perth, Australia, is the rare indie-rocker who alludes to the ’90s without a hint of nostalgia. The song is called “Old Man,” and it’s a fine introduction to Donnelly’s songwriting, which is frequently funny, confrontational, and charged with an awareness that the personal is political. These wry indie-pop songs unfold like short stories populated by assholes and assorted misadventures. They are often breezy and uncomplicated in arrangement, but Donnelly remains a compelling narrator: On 'Beware of the Dogs', the songwriter roasts an obnoxious date (“Tricks”), takes inventory of the indignities of the touring life (“Lunch”), stresses about mortality (“Die"), and turns in a sober and knowing protest of rape culture. It’s the latter song, “Boys Will Be Boys,” that brought some early attention to Donnelly’s work when its video premiered during the height of the #MeToo reckoning in 2017.
Her debut album is an imaginative indie-pop chronicle of millennial malaise. Throughout, Donnelly sings in a thick Perth accent, and her vocals are dotted with audible laughter, theatrical flourishes, inspired instances of talk-singing, and other oddities. It’s almost as though her stories can’t quite be contained within the limited space of the songs themselves.
Tracklist:
A1 Old Man
A2 Mosquito
A3 Season's Greetings
A4 Allergies
A5 Tricks
A6 Boys Will Be Boys
B1 Lunch
B2 Bistro
B3 Die
B4 Beware Of The Dogs
B5 U Owe Me
B6 Watching Telly
B7 Face It
Stella Donnelly, who is in her mid-20s and from Perth, Australia, is the rare indie-rocker who alludes to the ’90s without a hint of nostalgia. The song is called “Old Man,” and it’s a fine introduction to Donnelly’s songwriting, which is frequently funny, confrontational, and charged with an awareness that the personal is political. These wry indie-pop songs unfold like short stories populated by assholes and assorted misadventures. They are often breezy and uncomplicated in arrangement, but Donnelly remains a compelling narrator: On 'Beware of the Dogs', the songwriter roasts an obnoxious date (“Tricks”), takes inventory of the indignities of the touring life (“Lunch”), stresses about mortality (“Die"), and turns in a sober and knowing protest of rape culture. It’s the latter song, “Boys Will Be Boys,” that brought some early attention to Donnelly’s work when its video premiered during the height of the #MeToo reckoning in 2017.
Her debut album is an imaginative indie-pop chronicle of millennial malaise. Throughout, Donnelly sings in a thick Perth accent, and her vocals are dotted with audible laughter, theatrical flourishes, inspired instances of talk-singing, and other oddities. It’s almost as though her stories can’t quite be contained within the limited space of the songs themselves.
Tracklist:
A1 Old Man
A2 Mosquito
A3 Season's Greetings
A4 Allergies
A5 Tricks
A6 Boys Will Be Boys
B1 Lunch
B2 Bistro
B3 Die
B4 Beware Of The Dogs
B5 U Owe Me
B6 Watching Telly
B7 Face It
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