If you look for the species of bird that adorns the cover of “Flood”, the Internet finds out: These are stilt-walkers. They belong to the Avocet family, and that’s almost enough to make the record love them. After releasing her critically acclaimed debut Beware Of The Dogs in 2019, Stella Donnelly spent time in Australian rainforests.
So it’s not surprising that four of the eleven tracks on “Flood” sound like nature. So far we have known Donnelly on the electric guitar, now she also takes a seat on the piano, for example on “Underwater”, a song about violence in relationships. And while the album euphoria ends with “Cold”, one gets the impression: someone is wading artfully through the mud that being human brings with it.
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