Stella went in to WXPN’s studio to record four live cuts off their new album, The Greater Dog, for a NPR Live Session. Three tracks (Open, The Trollop & The Tippler, and Hustle the Load) were played on air and a video for an acoustic version of The Greater Dog is now web-exclusive bonus content.

Some moments are a little bit Celtic, like “Open,” the song Stella Ruze played at the top of their Key Studio Sessions performance. Some have a New Orleans flare, like “The Trollop and The Tippler.” Some rattle and roar like Crazy Horse, a trait we particularly hear in an expansive seven-minute performance of “Hustle The Load.”

John Vettese – The Key on WXPN