''My Own Pool of Light'' is the third studio album by

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...

band Holy Holy, released on 2 August 2019. The album debuted and peaked at number 14 on the

ARIA Albums Chart The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offici ...

. It was the first album self-produced by the band. In an interview with Zoë Radas, the band explained "It just gave us so much more freedom. We also both had the same idea that we weren't really concerned about trying to capture these really beautiful mics in a really beautiful room; we were happy with any decent mic into a laptop. I guess we just felt like the ideas and the messages and the melodies were what were most important". ''My Own Pool of Light'' received multiple award nominations, including for Best Rock Album at the 2019 ARIA Music Awards and for Australian Album of the Year at the 2019 J Awards.

Critical reception

Carley Hall from ''

The Music The Music was an English alternative rock band, formed in Kippax, Leeds in 1999. Comprising Robert Harvey (vocals, guitar), Adam Nutter (lead guitar), Stuart Coleman (bass) and Phil Jordan (drums), the band came to prominence with the releas ...

'' said: "Taking the production reins on their latest ''My Own Pool of Light'' has again seen an evolution for the duo, but it's a slow-burner. The appeal doesn't strike as immediately as it did on their debut, but it does seep beneath the surface after a while." Hall called the '80s-tinged "Teach Me About Dying" as the album's highlight. Josh Leeson from ''

The Newcastle Herald The ''Newcastle Herald'' (formerly branded as ''The Herald'') is a local tabloid newspaper published daily, Monday to Saturday, in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. It is the only local newspaper that serves the greater Hunter Region and ...

'' said "For a band who over two albums have become one of Australia's best guitar bands, ''My Own Pool of Light'' could be seen as a momentous gamble by Holy Holy. This is no guitar album. Holy Holy's Oscar Dawson and Tim Carroll have thrown their music open to all possibilities; keyboards, vocal chants and electronic beats ndthe result is thrilling." Jake Cleland from ''Stack Magazine'' said: "Holy Holy's third album never stops surprising, changing shapes between tracks for a diverse rock record bound by a sense of restlessness. ''My Own Pool of Light'' tries on slinky

funk Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the ...

verses on "Faces", evokes the " Thunderstruck" riff on "Sandra", skirts

trip-hop Trip hop is a musical genre that has been described as a psychedelic music, psychedelic fusion of hip hop music, hip hop and electronica with slow tempos and an atmospheric sound. The style emerged as a more experimental music, experimental var ...

on "Starting Line" and catches new wave with "Frida" on the way out. These two make it look almost too easy. "

Awards and nominations

ARIA Awards

! , - ! scope="row",

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

, ''My Own Pool of Light'' , Best Rock Album , ,

J Awards

! , - ! scope="row",

, ''My Own Pool of Light'' , Australian Album of the Year , ,

Track listing

Charts

Release history

References

{{Authority control 2019 albums Holy Holy (Australian band) albums Sony Music Australia albums Wonderlick Entertainment albums