I’d been waiting a long time for Majelen’s new album to drop, and now that it’s finally here, I can sit with it and unpack it piece by piece. Personally, I see Stuck With You as an informal travel journal.

She moves along the reddish Australian highways, sets up a wedding captured in the video, collaborates with a guitar maker, stops by Abbey Road, and without skipping a beat, fills every space with her music. It all carries a sense of openness and wind — the trailer window cracks open, and the sounds of a beloved landscape rush inside.

photo by Courtney Wolf 

She’s always had something special in her voice and guitar tone, but now it feels like she’s caught a powerful wave of change and channelled it into these new songs. When it all comes together, it creates a sense of inner freedom — Majelen simply takes her refuge on wheels and heads toward wide open spaces, where there’s no need for extra set dressing, just plenty of time for philosophical conversations with herself.

I love how she captures in her music both the freshness of dawn and the warmth of a campfire, and that very freedom you feel when you venture deep into the wilderness — not aiming for solitude, but simply allowing yourself to dissolve into the colors of nature. The songs become small stories about the value of simple moments, about treating your emotions with care, and about how each day gives you a chance to hear something new within yourself.

Stuck With You resonates on a deep level because Majelen isn’t afraid to be genuine. Her style blends a light guitar foundation, a pop-indie flair, and bright folk roots. The melodies sneak in through your headphones, and within an hour you’re humming them to yourself — maybe in a park, maybe in your own car, which hasn’t yet dreamed of turning into a trailer, though who knows what’s next. Sometimes you just want to feel solid ground beneath your feet and give in to that restless urge to wander.

The lyrics invite reflection on love and the bonds we form with the land we call home. And it’s not necessarily about walking out of town to go hug trees. It’s more about how she weaves the music with brief insights into the importance of grounding yourself in simple things — the touch of the wind, the warmth of a fire, a cup of tea at sunset with the sound of insects in the background. These details, seemingly ordinary, become the heart around which the album is built.

Listening to Stuck With You feels like driving without a map, just letting the music lead. And yes, every track becomes a small stop, a window-side view you want to linger in. It all begins with “Leconfield” — a song where you immediately catch the balance between softness and quiet confidence. Majelen’s vocals are rich, the guitar sways gently. The structure is simple, and that’s its strength — nothing pulls you away from the mood.

photo by Courtney Wolf 

“Sand Dancing” is a completely different stop. Here, the heat of the sun kicks in — a bit of dust, a spark from within. The rhythm energizes, and the guitar carries a nomadic pulse — as if Majelen recorded it by a campfire, in motion, never truly pausing. And it seems like that’s her natural state — freedom, and a resilient, organic sound that doesn’t rush but refuses to stand still.

The album sounds exactly the way it’s meant to — and that’s what makes it so appealing. Even though Majelen recorded it at Abbey Road, its authenticity is the real centerpiece. Everything is left as is: she taps on the guitar body, keeps rhythm with her fingers, sings over it all — no extra polish, just that easy, skilled fluidity, as if her fingers know the path by heart.

Then come “Me and You” and “Waiting,” and the tone shifts. It’s still her voice, still her guitar — but suddenly there’s quiet. The air turns hazy, thin, almost translucent. Her voice fades out, nearly becoming an echo.

The title track, “Stuck With You,” feels like the emotional core of the album. There’s less reflection here and more of real, grounded life. The video, pieced together from her wedding footage, adds an intimate layer. Her vocal dances with the guitar like two people who’ve truly found one another. It’s vivid, it’s real.

“Flame Tree” unexpectedly becomes the most tender moment on the album. As things wind down, the tempo eases — her trailer takes a pause. “Take My Hand” is softer, slightly melancholic, but it’s the kind of melancholy you want to sit with a little longer. The closing track, “The Story,” is instrumental — and that’s a perfect choice. No words are needed. Just the guitar, a bit of drive, a breath of air. Everything extra falls away, leaving only the road and a quiet realization: you’ve just traveled through an entire story. The words haven’t ended — they’ve simply gone deeper.

In the end, listening to Stuck With You, you realize — Majelen treats the album as something whole, not just a sequence of separate tracks. With this album, she’s reached another plateau of creative freedom. Close your eyes and a road trip unfolds — the view from a trailer window shifting gently from plains to hills, with the sea opening up ahead through the windshield.

Stuck With You is steeped in themes of love and home — where “home” isn’t always four walls, but sometimes a set of wheels or something carried within. This record speaks to those looking for something both simple and layered. The songs feel born on the Australian winds, as if they’ve spoken with the waves and borrowed the campfire’s quiet warmth. It’s the kind of music that brings you back to the small things that make life fuller — and reminds you that sometimes, all you need is your own company, a guitar, and that unmistakable energy around you, even if your whole world fits inside a trailer parked somewhere in the open vastness. Catch her on tour.

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