Hello My Beautiful World

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Hello My Beautiful World
Holy Holy - Hello My Beautiful World.png
Studio album by
Holy Holy
Released20 August 2021
Length51:37
Label
Producer
Holy Holy chronology
My Own Pool of Light
(2019)		Hello My Beautiful World
(2021)		Cellophane
(2023)
Singles from Hello My Beautiful World
  1. "Port Rd"
    Released: 2 December 2020 [1]
  2. "How You Been"
    Released: 16 April 2021 [2]
  3. "Believe Anything"
    Released: 17 June 2021 [3]
  4. "The Aftergone"
    Released: 15 July 2021 [4]
  5. "I.C.U."
    Released: 20 August 2021 [5]

Hello My Beautiful World is the fourth studio album by indie rock band Holy Holy, released on 20 August 2021. The album debuted at number 4 on the ARIA Albums Chart and is their highest ARIA chart peak. [6]

Contents

At the 2021 ARIA Music Awards, the album was nominated for Best Rock Album. [7]

At the J Awards of 2021, the album was nominated for Australian Album of the Year. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The AU Review Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME Australia Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Rolling Stone Australia Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]

Dylan Marshall from The AU Review said "Whilst not the perfect album, Hello My Beautiful World forges Holy Holy place as one of Australia's best and most consistent bands. Known for their live shows just as much as for their albums, Hello My Beautiful World leaves Holy Holy incredibly well placed to continuing cementing their place in the upper echelons of the Australian music landscape. Their ability to meld a variety of genres and styles together is a testament to their abilities as musicians and as a band. Hello My Beautiful World is their best album yet." [9]

Jake Cleland from Stack Magazine called it "grounded but epic" and "a tremendous package". [12]

Tyler Jenke from Rolling Stone Australia said "At its core, Hello My Beautiful World is a record seemingly created, whether intentionally or not, to feel like an escape. The way in which they allow tracks to flow on, to evolve, and to truly take form with the codas of 'The Aftergone', 'I.C.U.' and 'So Tired' evokes memories of a concept album of sorts, breaking free of traditional song-by-song track listing, escaping its confines, and instead feeling like a grander art piece." Jenke concluded saying "Expansive, cinematic, rhythmic and truly immersive, Holy Holy at no point show any signs of a global pandemic having hindered their creative process on Hello My Beautiful World and instead provide a mesmerising escape from the drudgery of modern life, while focusing on the beautiful moments that we've missed." [11]

Cyclone Wehner from NME Australia wrote that "Hello is a meditative yet uplifting album that fosters calm and collectivity in response to pandemic existentialism." adding "The album's zenith is the empathetic overture 'Stand Where I'm Standing'". [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Holy Holy. "The Aftergone" co-written by Kim Moyes; "The Aftergone (Coda)" co-written by Beiath Mathiang.

Hello My Beautiful World track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Believe Anything"4:14
2."How You Been"3:42
3."The Aftergone" (featuring Clews)3:55
4."The Aftergone (Coda)"2:04
5."Port Rd" (featuring Queen P.)3:21
6."Hello My Beautiful World"4:16
7."Ghosts"4:54
8."I.C.U."3:46
9."I.C.U. (Coda)"2:31
10."Stand Where I'm Standing"3:55
11."Shoreditch"5:05
12."So Tired"4:08
13."So Tired (Coda)"2:12
14."Here and Now"3:34
Total length:51:37

Personnel

Holy Holy

Other musicians

Technical

Visuals

Charts

Chart performance for Hello My Beautiful World
Chart (2021)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [13] 4

Release history

Release history and formats for Hello My Beautiful World
RegionDateFormat(s)LabelCatalogueRef.
Various20 August 2021Not applicable [14]
Australia CD
  • Holy Holy
  • Wonderlick
  • Sony Music Australia
LICK049 [15]
Australia LP (clear vinyl)
  • Holy Holy
  • Wonderlick
  • Sony Music Australia
LICK050 [16]

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  2. ↑ "How You Been – Single by Holy Holy on Apple Music". Apple Music. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
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  10. 1 2 Wehner, Cyclone (24 August 2019). "Holy Holy Hello My Beautiful World review: indie rock duo reposition themselves with existentialist electro-pop". NME Australia . Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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  16. ↑ "Hello My Beautiful World (Vinyl)" . Retrieved 30 August 2021.
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