Sleeping Lion is Lennon Stella’s second record, but it feels like an introduction. The title’s image of dormant strength aptly summarizes the journey that the 27-year-old singer-songwriter has been on for six years.

“This record is a return to myself in many ways” Stella says.

The album captures an awakening as Stella embraces her own agency and explores her own insecurities with empathy and curiosity.