''Cellophane'' is the fifth
studio album
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by Australian
indie rock
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band
Holy Holy, released on 22 September 2023 through
Wonderlick Entertainment and
Sony Music Australia
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.
Upon announcement on 11 August 2023, Timothy Carroll said "We formulated this idea of Holy Holy as this kind of songwriting factory".
Furthermore, via the press release, Holy Holy said the album is about "shedding their inhibitions, alleviating themselves of the weight of expectation, and pushing their sound to new territory."
To promote the release, Holy Holy performed six intimate events across Australia's east coast in September 2023.
At the
2023 J Awards, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year.
Reception
Steve from ''Eat This Music'' said "Each track on the album is a showcase of the band's power to collaborate and experiment" calling the album a "genre-bending masterpiece".
Track listing
Personnel
Holy Holy
* Timothy Carroll – vocals,
production
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* Oscar Dawson – bass guitar, guitar,
programming
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, production,
mixing, recording
Additional musicians
* Ryan Strathie – drums (tracks 1–7, 9–13)
*
Kwame – vocals (1, 5), programming (5)
* Medhanit – vocals (1)
*
Jack Glass – programming (2)
*
Tasman Keith
Tasman Keith is an Australian rapper and singer-songwriter.
Early life
Tasman Keith is a Gumbaynggirr man from Bowraville, New South Wales.
At age seven Tasman and his family moved from Bowraville to Sydney for his father's music. His dad w ...
– vocals (3)
* Darcie Heaven – vocals (4)
* Tia Carys – vocals (6)
* Matilda Mård – vocals (13)
Technical
*
Leon Zervos
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Life and career
Leon Zervos began his mastering career in 1982 at the then EMI Studios 301 in Sydney, where ...
–
mastering
*
Jack McLaine – production (2, 3),
* Kwame – production (3, 5), recording (5)
*
Sumner
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– production (8, 9)
*
Jack McLaine – recording (3, 8, 9)
* Peter Nygårdh – recording (13)
Charts
Release history
References
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2023 albums
Holy Holy (Australian band) albums
Sony Music Australia albums
Wonderlick Entertainment albums