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Stella Donnelly Takes On Rock's Patriarchy With Debut Album 'Beware Of The Dogs'

The indie rock up-and-comer from Perth, Australia, talks about her debut album, Beware of the Dogs.
Stella Donnelly's debut album, <em>Beware of the Dogs</em>, is out now.

Stella Donnelly is not afraid to ruffle feathers or disrupt the status quo. At 26, the Australian singer-songwriter has already made that clear with songs like her breakout singles, "Boys Will Be Boys," and "Mechanical Bull" off of her 2017 debut EP, Trush Metal. Both songs attack the folkways of misogyny and rape culture. And in the last two years, she's made a name for herself far beyond her country's borders.

In the era of the movement where attention to such issues are accompanied by acts as a conduit for such heavy, but necessary, topics.

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