{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Use Australian English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Sweet Bitter Sweet | type = studio | artist = Holy Holy | cover = Sweet_Bitter_Sweet_by_Holy_Holy.png | alt = | released = 9 May 2025 | recorded = | studio = | genre = <!-- Please source genres --> | length = | label = {{hlist|Wonderlick|Sony Music Australia}} | producer = | prev_title = Cellophane | prev_year = 2023 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles | name = Sweet Bitter Sweet | type = studio | single1 = Love You Still | single1date = 25 April 2025<ref name="SBS"/> | single2 = So Be It | single2date = 9 May 2025<ref name="SBI"/> }} }} '''''Sweet Bitter Sweet''''' is the sixth studio album by Australian indie rock band Holy Holy, released on 9 May 2025 through Wonderlick Entertainment and Sony Music Australia.<ref name="SBS">{{cite web|url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/holy-holy-announce-sweet-bitter-sweet-before-hiatus-75767/|title= Holy Holy Announce Final Release ''Sweet Bitter Sweet''|website=Rolling Stone Australia|date=23 April 2025|access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref>
Upon announcement Holy Holy said "Initially, we had planned to record acoustic versions of some of our favourite songs from Holy Holy... But creative chemistry sparked new material too." The album will be split into two sections of five new tracks and seven reimagined tracks.<ref name="SBS"/>
To promote the release, Holy Holy will perform a 17-day tour across Australia through May and June 2025.<ref name="SBS"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noise11.com/news/holy-holy-to-release-final-album-sweet-bitter-sweet-before-hiatus-20250424|title=Holy Holy To Release Final Album ''Sweet Bitter Sweet'' Before Hiatus |website=noise11|date=24 April 2025|access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref>
A limited edition Record Store Day LP will be released in April 2026.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://recordstoreday.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/RSD-2026-List-4.pdf|title=Record Store Day Australia |website=Record Store Day|date=February 2026|access-date = 7 February 2026}}</ref> ==Singles== ''Sweet Bitter Sweet'' was preceded by two singles. The lead single "Love You Still" was released on 25 April 2025. Timothy Carroll said the song is "about enduring love - the kind that remains perpetually, even if you never see that person again."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://themusic.com.au/news/holy-holy-announce-new-music-ahead-of-grand-hiatus-australian-tour/ZjrUeHt6fXw/24-04-25|title= Holy Holy Announce New Music Ahead Of 'Grand Hiatus' Australian Tour|website= TheMusic|date=24 April 2025|access-date=2 May 2025}}</ref> The second single, "So Be It" was released on 9 May 2025. Carroll said the song is "about what it feels like to say goodbye – and how strange and uncomfortable that can be."<ref name="SBI">{{cite web|url=https://amnplify.com.au/holy-holy-release-their-double-ep-sweet-bitter-sweet-final-tour-before-their-hiatus-selling-fast/|title=HOLY HOLY Release 'Sweet Bitter Sweet' Double EP Ahead Of Final Tour |website= Amnplify|date=9 May 2025|access-date=11 May 2025}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = ''Sweet Bitter Sweet'' track listing | all_writing = Timothy Carroll, Oscar Dawson, and Ryan Strathie, except where noted | extra_column = Producer(s)
| title1 = Sweet Bitter Sweet | length1 = 4:03
| title2 = Love You Still | length2 = 3:53
| title3 = We Think | length3 = 4:26
| title4 = Island | length4 = 3:21
| title5 = So Be It | length5 = 4:11
| title6 = Maybe You Know | note6 = acoustic | length6 = 3:47
| title7 = Teach Me About Dying | note7 = acoustic | length7 = 4:14
| title8 = Ready | note8 = acoustic | lyrics8 = {{hlist|Carroll|Dawson|Jack McLaine|Chloe Wilson}} | music8 = {{hlist|Carroll|Dawson|McLaine|Wilson}} | length8 = 4:33
| title9 = Elevator | note9 = acoustic | lyrics9 = {{hlist|Dawson|Carroll|Strathie}} | music9 = {{hlist|Dawson|Carroll|Matt Redlich|Strathie}} | length9 = 4:34
| title10 = The Aftergone | note10 = orchestral version) (featuring Clews | lyrics10 = {{hlist|Dawson|Carroll|Kim Moyes|Strathie}} | music10 = {{hlist|Dawson|Carroll|Moyes|Strathie}} | length10 = 4:43
| title11 = Believe Anything | note11 = orchestral version | length11 = 4:36
| title12 = Ghosts | note12 = orchestral version | length12 = 4:48
| total_length = 51:13 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from Tidal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Sweet Bitter Sweet / Holy Holy / Credits |url=https://listen.tidal.com/album/427641903/credits |publisher=Tidal |access-date=9 May 2025 |date=9 May 2025}}</ref> ===Holy Holy=== * Timothy Carroll – vocals, production * Oscar Dawson – guitar, production (all tracks); mixing, engineering (tracks 1–9); bass, synthesizer (1–5); piano (6–9)
===Additional contributors=== * Leon Zervos – mastering * Ryan Strathie – drums, percussion (tracks 1–5) * Grace Richardson – engineering (track 10) * Lily Richardson – engineering (track 10) * Toby Alexander – engineering (track 10)
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Sweet Bitter Sweet'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2026) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Artist Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cdn.aria.com.au/pdfs/D4D8D831EBBF23B0DA7F33DD70B2807E29021812F1307CA9120C74A067E15143/ARIA%20Australian%20Artist%20Albums%20Chart.pdf?seq=44|title= ARIA AUSTRALIAN ARTIST ALBUMS CHART|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|date=27 April 2026|access-date=24 April 2026}}</ref> | 19 |}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Holy Holy (Australian band)}} {{Authority control}}
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