"After releasing 2022's , the 33-year-old Welsh Australian songwriter felt burned out and took time off, then got dropped by Secretly Canadian, the storied U.S. indie label that introduced her lyrical indie rock to a wider audience. At home in Melbourne, she got a job at a cemetery and then a bakery, trying to make life feel local again after having been on tour since her 2017 breakout."
"These two splits seem to have brought Donnelly the closest to herself she's been in song. On her 2019 debut, Beware of the Dogs, she grappled with injustice with a distinct combination of humor, acid, and empathy, unafraid to name her targets and make them squirm with her wit. Flood brought curiosity to the awkward misalignments of intimacy, and dabbled in self-implication."
Stella Donnelly paused after burnout and being dropped by Secretly Canadian, then worked in a cemetery and a bakery to feel local again. A mystifying, grievous friendship breakup generated persistent song ideas that led her to create Love and Fortune with a circle of friends and no industry expectations. The album adopts a low-key, insular, almost hymnal quality as Donnelly turns over memories and doubts, uncovering regret, righteousness, and a stunned void. Earlier records mixed humor and ire over injustice or awkward intimacy; Love and Fortune moves inward, emphasizing vocal purity and conversational delivery.
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