Pressing | US |
Condition | Brand New |
Red Vinyl
Released by Secretly Canadian
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 Donnellyâs record of this rediscovery: the product of months of risky experimentation, hard moments of introspection, and a lot of moving around.
Donnellyâs early reflections on the relationship between the individual and the many can be traced back to her 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, Donnelly recalls âI was able to lose that feeling of anyoneâs reaction to me. I forgot who I was as a musician, which was a humbling experience of just being; being my small self.â Reconnecting with this âsmall selfâ allowed Donnelly to tap into creative wells she didnât know existed.
Looking back at the Banded Stilt, Donnelly ultimately appreciates how when âseen in a crowd they create an optical illusion, but on its own itâs this singular piece of art.â While each song in Flood is a singular artwork unto itself, the collective shares all of Stella Donnelly in abundance: her inner child, her nurturing self, her nightmare self; all of herself has gone into the making of this record, and although it would take an ocean to fathom everything she feels, itâs well worth diving in.