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- Summary: The third full-length release from Australian singer-songwriter Stella Donnelly features contributions by Timothy Harvey, Ellie Mason, Sophie Ozard, Marcel Tussie, and Julia Wallace.
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- Record Label: Dot Dash Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter
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Nov 12, 2025On Love and Fortune, she allows them to circle and sing. The result is a record of emotional depth and calm insight, one that invites you to listen rather than react. It’s the sound of an artist coming to terms with impermanence and imperfection, and ultimately finding beauty and hope in what remains.
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Nov 10, 2025Maybe it’s not the showiest of returns, but instead, she proves that the toughest battles are the ones that happen inside us.
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Nov 10, 2025While it may lack the instant hooks of her earlier work, and take a bit more time to sink in, once it has its emotional hooks in you, you’ll be hard pressed to stop listening to it.
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MojoNov 10, 2025If Love And Fortune covers messy terrain, the 22-year-old traverses it with cool panache, plus shades of Gen-X touchstone Juliana Hatfield and Eleanor Friedberger's glistening Rebound. [Dec 2025, p.84]
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Jan 15, 2026An undeniably sad record, but one of understated beauty: a lonely, faithful votive flickering brightly against the odds.
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UncutDec 5, 2025Love And Fortune is a reckoning with loss - of relationships, homes, a younger, more carefree version of herself - but one that does not wholly relinquish Donnelly's playful side. [Jan 2026, p.29]
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Record CollectorDec 2, 2025Tugs gently but effectively at every heart string. [Christmas 2025, p.133]