Now onto her third album, it’s clear that Stella Donnelly likes to take her time. Donnelly first appeared in the post-Courtney Barnett wave of new alternative music from Australia, and her album Beware of the Dogs was one of the best albums of 2018. That was followed three years later by the well-received Flood in 2022.
Another three years have passed since Flood, and Love and Fortune is obviously an album with a huge amount of care and attention lavished on it. It’s a much more stripped back record than either of its predecessors, with the majority of songs simply Donnelly on piano. And while Beware of the Dogs in particular seemed to fizzle with an energy and an anger about it, Love and Fortune is a more reflective, inward looking collection,…

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