HOLLY THROSBY Releases New Single ‘Hold Please’ Feat. LAURA JEAN

Following the recent release of Gallery, today Holly Throsby releases her new single Hold Please – featuring Laura Jean – and announces her upcoming sixth studio album, ‘Normal Magic‘, coming 4 September.

‘Normal Magic’ marks a new direction for Throsby: a self-produced ten-song record, synth-heavy, with programmed beats, dirty electric guitars, saxophone, and banjo. This is a far more electronic and mesmeric sound, but the songs remain finely crafted: lyrically ambitious; playful and hypnotic.

Throsby sought out a whole new group of collaborators for this album, including multi-instrumentalist Jordan Ireland (The Middle East), Helen Franzmann (Mess Esque, McKisko), Laura Jean, Oliver Mestitz (The Finks) and Jake Core (Soda Eaves). Recordings were made in various homes, with the bulk engineered at Stranded Studios in Bellambi (Babitha, Body Type). The record was mixed in Provence, France, by Burke Reid (Courtney Barnett, The Drones, Julia Jacklin).

Of ‘Normal Magic’, Holly says: “This record stemmed from a conversation about what is normal and what is magic. Art making, for example, is quite magical and quite normal at the same time, and the concept expanded as the songs were written to be a kind of a celebration of the magic of normal life – little moments of beauty and wonder which can be so sustaining. A sunbeam or a bird or a moment of synchrony.”

Second single, Hold Please, gives another glimpse into this new chapter: an addictive, mood piece, co-written with Mess Esque’s Helen Franzmann; with Laura Jean as duet partner.

Of Hold Please Holly says: “This is part love song and part love-lost song. I loved creating the sonic world for this – very dreamy. When I sent Laura Jean the final mix she said it sounds like we’re in a ‘huge sapphic chamber’– to which I really laughed; and am thrilled to have accomplished.”

Nine years have passed since the release of Throsby’s last album ‘After A Time’. Since then, she has released two novels (Cedar Valley and Clarke) and spent many seasons on the South Coast, developing a new sonic palette for her upcoming album. ‘Normal Magic’ is the result, coming on vinyl and digital in September.

Holly Throsby is one of Australia’s most beloved and enduring singer-songwriters. Her debut album arrived in the 2004, establishing her as a singular folk voice with a remarkable gift for lyrical detail. Four acclaimed solo albums followed, an album of original children’s songs, and her work as one third of the band, Seeker Lover Keeper. Together, Holly Throsby and Seeker Lover Keeper have amassed over 70 million combined streams. Holly has been nominated for five ARIAs – including two for Best Female Artist. She is also an acclaimed novelist, with three books published by Allen & Unwin selling over 40,000 copies, and a fourth expected in 2026.