Donnelly, Stella - Beware of the Dogs (Black) CLBI986894.1

Donnelly, Stella - Beware of the Dogs (Black) CLBI986894.1Stella Donnelly is a proud, self proclaimed shit stirrer. On lead single "Old Man," the biting opener of her electrifying debut album, Beware of the Dogs, she targets the song's titular creep, "Oh are you scared of me old man or are you scared of what I'll do? You grabbed me with an open hand. The world is grabbing back at you." When something needs to be said, whether it's to an abusive man, a terrible boss, or a clueless significant other, the 26

Frontman Paul Banks describes

1 Yesterday's Papers

These tracks dig in and drive hard like Crazy Horse truckin’ along the Autobahn

- Building from the sweeping

one immediately ignores the subtle imperfections shadowed by the all-consuming white light of well-crafted pop songs in an analog heaven

" and "Five and Dime

who released three critically acclaimed studio albums and several EPs before disbanding in 2001

folk music

Side one ends with "Grasshoppers"

(Shane MacGowan)

" What followed was an adventuresome (and surprisingly tight) set that not only featured the band's big hits like "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" but also premiered songs from the Volunteers album that was still three months away from being released

boldly pushing their unique brand of rock 'n' roll into new shapes over four acclaimed albums and nearly non-stop roadwork