Like the many Banded Stilts that spread across the cover of her 2022 album 'Flood', Stella Donnelly is wading into uncharted territory. Here, she finds herself discovering who she is as an artist among the flock, and how abundant one individual can be. 'Flood' is Donnelly's record of this rediscovery: the product of months of risky experimentation, hard moments of introspection, and a lot of moving around. Though the writing of 'Flood' was an intensely personal undertaking, Donnelly still saw the recording process as one of her most collaborative projects yet. Along with her band members, co-producing the record beside Anna Laverty and Methyl Ethyl's Jake Webb helped to foster an important spontaneity in the studio. With Webb, Donnelly could 'dig in' and discover a 'forward-leaning sound' she'd been searching for, while Laverty's ability to 'capture the piano' and discern the 'perfect take' allowed the songwriter to take risks, many of which have clearly paid off.