Σtella @ MENT 2025
Get ready for the opening night of MENT on February 12th 2025 when Σtella will take over Kino Šiška along with Gilles Gilles Peterson and a colorful yet to be announced lineup.
“I LOVE this perfect pop record. The homages to the bazouki and other taverna style Greek folk pop flourishes manage to walk the line between tongue in cheek and lovingly rendered integration. While Σtella’s record would have been terrific even without these things – a wonderfully tracked and catchy collection of thoughtful indie pop – these twists put the record over the edge into a category above.”
jaxers, Bandcamp
Σtella made her Sub Pop debut in 2022 with the mesmerizing Up and Away, an old-school pop paean to the pangs and raptures of love. From the Greek folk-inflected get-go, we’re swept up in Σtella’s world – and it’s quite the captivating place to be. The singer-songwriter joined forces with artist and producer Tom Calvert (aka Redinho) in a match made in Athens. Across her output, Σtella has proven herself a strong storyteller, and Up and Away is no exception. Rollicking album opener “Up and Away” launches us headlong into an all-consuming affair. She’s caught, she shivers, thrilled by a new beginning, the sweetness of her vocals offset by vertiginous, blistering blasts of bouzouki.