It’s been almost three years since Stella Donnelly’s last studio album Flood. Today the Australian singer-songwriter is back with her first new music since then, the singles “Baths” — the woman likes bodies of water! — and “Standing Ovation.” “Baths” is a bit of a departure from the guitar-forward indie-pop we’re used to hearing from Donnelly, a brief, two-minute track where she sings over just a few simple droning notes in the background. It almost functions like an a cappella tune that puts the lyrics about difficult familial relationships at the forefront: “Like water/ Rushed into a daughter/ Wild river flowing/ No one dared to dam.” She hasn’t announced a new album yet, but this would be a good opener for one.
