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Stella Bridie writes music for the long walk home from the party. Blending keen melodic sensibility with narrative, emotive lyricism, Stella's uniquely authentic songwriting compels even the most irony-poisoned among the crowd. Her incisive new release ‘He Didn’t Mean It’ shies away from vindictive intent. Growling instrumentation, though stark in form, bellows through its clear and focused lyricism: “Am I meant to say what’s honest until what’s honest gets too hard?” Poking holes at the excuses and witnesses who avoid your gaze and stand in deafening silence, Stella takes focus on bystanders in the face of discomfort. Produced by Gab Strum (Gretta Ray, Mallrat) and Gene Argiro of Sunfruits, the instrumental build, seemingly never able to give in to release, meets its break through the repetition of its title. Stella Bridie arrives in 2024 taking new shapes and strides in her artistry.