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HOLY HOLY
release their double EP
SWEET BITTER SWEET
Listen HERE
Final tour before their
hiatus selling fast
VIDEO FOR BREATHTAKING FINAL SONG ‘SO BE IT’ OUT NOW
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After 14 years, one of Australia’s best loved bands Holy Holy, today release Sweet Bitter Sweet – their final new music before they go on an indefinite hiatus.
The band also kick off a final run of national shows tonight, with the epic A Grand Hiatus Tour starting in Adelaide at the Hindley Street Music Hall.
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Following their decision to take a break, Holy Holy – aka vocalist Timothy Carroll and guitarist/producer Oscar Dawson – spent some time together writing and recording in studios on the Mornington Peninsula and Byron Bay over the past six months. As always, they hit a rich vein of creativity and, unsurprisingly, a theme of saying farewell emerged from their new music.
Sweet Bitter Sweet is a special double EP split into two unique sections – five brand new songs plus seven reimagined versions of some of the band’s most beloved tracks from across their 14-year career. The project’s first single, the heartfelt love letter to fans ‘Love You Still’, was released in April and today the band share ‘So Be It’ alongside a breathtaking video produced by the band’s longtime collaborator Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore
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HOLY HOLY
A GRAND HIATUS TOUR
Presented by triple j
09 MAY 2025 – HINDLEY ST MUSIC HALL – ADELAIDE
10 MAY 2025 – FREO SOCIAL – PERTH *SOLD OUT*
11 MAY 2025 – FREO SOCIAL – PERTH
15 MAY 2025 – THEATRE ROYAL – CASTLEMAINE
16 MAY 2025 – TORQUAY HOTEL – TORQUAY
17 MAY 2025 – FORUM – MELBOURNE VIC *SOLD OUT*
18 MAY 2025 – THE CORNER – MELBOURNE
22 MAY 2025 – ANITA’S THEATRE (ALL AGES) – THIRROUL
23 MAY 2025 – DRIFTER’S WHARF – CENTRAL COAST
24 MAY 2025 – ENMORE THEATRE – SYDNEY
25 MAY 2025 – KING STREET BANDROOM – NEWCASTLE
29 MAY 2025 – DU CANE BREWERY – LAUNCESTON
30 MAY 2025 – ODEON THEATRE (ALL AGES) – HOBART
31 MAY 2025 – FORTH PUB – FORTH
05 JUN 2025 – MIAMI MARKETTA – GOLD COAST
06 JUN 2025 – KINGS BEACH TAVERN – SUNSHINE COAST
07 JUN 2025 – FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL – BRISBANE
Tickets available now from holyholymusic.com
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Sweet Bitter Sweet
Track listing:
Disc 1
Sweet Bitter Sweet
Love you Still
We Think
Island
So Be It
Disc 2
Maybe You Know – Acoustic
Teach Me About Dying – Acoustic
Ready – Acoustic
Elevator – Acoustic
The Aftergone (feat. CLEWS) – Orchestral Version
Believe Anything – Orchestral Version
Ghosts – Orchestral Version
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About HOLY HOLY
HOLY HOLY manifested something when they gave themselves that reverent name in 2011. Since then, Oscar Dawson and Tim Carroll have carved out a sound that blends indie pop, art rock, and bittersweet lyrics—a combination that’s deeply felt and uniquely theirs.
Liam Gallagher heard their devastating truth when he went to a show in 2019, calling them his favourite new band. The Mad Mancunian tweeted the lyrics to Sentimental and Monday to his 3 million followers: ‘Darkness is nothing but a lack of light – as you were LG x’
Dawson and Carroll met while volunteering in Southeast Asia and reconnected in 2011 during their twenties. Despite living in different parts of Europe—Carroll in Stockholm and Dawson in Berlin—they shared demos and wrote songs remotely, coming together to collaborate in share houses and flats whenever distance permitted. Soon after, they both returned to Australia and began releasing music with the Pacific EP (2013) featuring the critically acclaimed debut single ‘Impossible Like You’. Next came their debut album, When The Storms Would Come (2014). These releases introduced their distinctive style – guitar-driven with echoes of Knopfler and Young and lyrics that carry the weight of Oberst and Springsteen, filtered through a unique Stockholm (Carroll) meets Melbourne (Dawson) lens.
Their sophomore effort, Paint (2017), radiated confidence with tracks like ‘That Message’ and ‘Shadow’ and featured the triple-platinum hit ‘True Lovers’, which has since racked up over 50 million streams. My Own Pool of Light (2019) pushed their boundaries further, blending ecstatic Gorillaz-inspired pop with moments of raw introspection like ‘Teach Me About Dying’.
On Hello My Beautiful World (2021), which peaked at #4 on the ARIA Albums chart, HOLY HOLYfurther expanded their sound, collaborating with CLEWS and rapper Queen P. Their most recent album, Cellophane (2023), which also claimed the #4 spot on the ARIA Albums chart, solidified the band’s reputation as a “songwriting factory,” showcasing seven collaborative tracks—a testament to their commitment to amplifying Australian musicians, a cornerstone of their legacy that will endure for years to come.
With over 170 million streams across platforms, a dedicated half a million monthly listeners on Spotify, and 23 consecutive singles added to triple j—10 of which topped the station’s most-played list—HOLY HOLY has become an inescapable force in the Australian music scene. As the duo prepares for their imminent hiatus and Grand Hiatus tour, this marks the end of a remarkable chapter for one of Australia’s most influential musical acts.
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