Beware of the Dogs

Beware of the Dogs is the debut studio album by Australian indie pop musician Stella Donnelly, released on 8 March 2019 by Secretly Canadian. The album was nominated for various awards in 2019 and 2020, including Australian Album of the Year for the J Awards and Breakthrough Artist at the ARIA Music Awards. In 2020, the album won Independent Album of the Year and Best Independent Pop Album at the AIR Awards. Background Donnelly independently released her debut EP, Thrush Metal, in 2017. She was signed to Secretly Canadian in February 2018, while Thrush Metal was re-released by the label that June. One song off of Thrush Metal, "Boys Will Be Boys", was included on Beware of the Dogs. Critical reception