Stella Donnelly has released Love and Fortune, her highly anticipated third studio album, out now via Dot Dash Recordings / Remote Control Records. Love and Fortune marks a brave and vulnerable return to self for the Boorloo-born, Naarm-based singer-songwriter, written during a period of rest and reflection amid the wattle-lined streets and creeks of Melbourne’s inner north. Stella recently announced her first international tour in over two years, with dates on sale now across Australia, United Kingdom and Europe.
Previous singles ‘Baths’, ‘Standing Ovation’, ‘Year of Trouble’ and ‘Feel It Change’ offered glimpses into the heartbreak at the core of Love and Fortune, while the full album captures the ongoing emotional impact of a friendship breakdown.Love and Fortune blends pianos and guitars, as in her earlier work, but this time the arrangements are more exposed, more intentional. Joining Donnelly on the record are longtime collaborators and friends Marcel Tussie, Jack Gaby and Julia Wallace and new guests Sophie Ozard, Timothy Harvey, and Ellie Mason.
With this, the album captures the stiller self, the reflective self, that gently asks where to next. There is a clarity here, the kind that comes from reconnecting with what matters. The result is Donnelly’s most open-hearted and self-assured work to date — a record about loss, certainly, but even more about the quiet, enduring fortune of finding one’s way home.
Stella Donnelly – ‘Year of Trouble’ (Official Lyric Video)
Leading into release, Love and Fortune has received early support from the likes of triple j, The Guardian, NME, MOJO, DIY, Uncut, Stereogum, Under the Radar, BBC 6 Music, Paste, DORK Magazine, Radio X, The Line of Best Fit, Clash, Apple 1, Wonderland and many more.
Early praise for Love and Fortune:
“Love and Fortune proves that as long as she’s still creating, she’s very much on the right path.” – DORK ★★★★
“Understated Aussie auteur finesses lean times.” – MOJO ★★★★
“…Stella Donnelly is always a rich and rewarding listen.” – Wonderland Magazine
“Love and Fortune is the sound of someone who loves what she does, and Stella hopes listeners feel that joy with her.” – Frankie Magazine
“…exquisite” – Stereogum
Stella Donnelly
Love and Fortune
Purchase / Stream Love and Fortune
1. Standing Ovation
2. Being Nice
3. Feel It Change
4. Baths
5. Year of Trouble
6. Please Everyone
7. W.A.L.K
8. Friend
9. Ghosts
10. Love and Fortune
11. Laying Low
