News · 27 May 2025

Hilltop Hoods Announce ‘Fall From the Light’, Their First Album in Six Years

The Adelaide legend’s ninth album arrives in August and includes the singles ‘The Gift’ and ‘Don’t Happy, Be Worry’.

Six years on since the release of Hilltop Hoods’ eighth studio album, The Great Expanse, the Adelaide hip hop icons are excited to announce Fall From The Light, their much anticipated ninth long player.

Arriving August 1 via Island Records/UMA, Fall From The Light was recorded in Adelaide, Darwin, Melbourne and New Zealand. The record comprises 12 tracks, including lead single ‘The Gift’ featuring Marlon, ‘Don’t Happy, Be Worry’ and ‘Laced Up’.

Produced by One Above, with additional work by Sesta and Suffa, Fall From the Light includes collaborations with Kiwi group SIX60 and Australian songstress Nyassa.

“This album has been an exercise in patience. Six years is a long time between albums, but there’s a good reason for that. There was a lot happening, in the world and in our lives. But it turns out (from my perspective anyway), that time was the albums strength, not its weakness,” explains Suffa.

“We’ve never been so thorough, so pedantic with an album before. The result is something that’s been carefully crafted with an extreme attention to detail. It’s an album that we’re really proud of, and a body of music that we can’t wait to share with everyone.”

Pressure adds: “We really took our time with this one. We put more years into it than any other of our albums because we wanted it to be our best work to date. Putting it out after so long feels more monumental and exciting than ever.”

DJ Debris says: After the longest period between albums, I’m so proud to be able to finally release this body of work to our listeners…and really can’t wait to deliver these new tunes live.”

Fall From The Light will be available as a limited edition 180-gram 2LP coloured vinyl, with the first pressing coming with a special gatefold design. CD and tape versions of the album, along with official merch, will also be up for grabs. Fans can pre-order from here.

Just a few days after the release of Fall From The Light, the Hoods jet off to the UK and Europe for a run of headline shows and festival dates before returning home to headline Adelaide’s Handpicked Festival, which sold out within three days of being announced.

Hilltop Hoods will announce more live shows in the coming months, with an Aussie tour in support of Fall From The Light highly mooted.

One of the country’s most successful acts, the Hoods have over 86 Platinum accreditations, more than 1.1 million in album sales and over 1.6 billion global streams. They have also scored six #1 albums on the ARIA Album Chart and claimed ten ARIA Awards since bursting onto the scene more than 25 years ago with their debut album, A Matter of Time.

The release of Fall From The Light marks a new chapter in the Hoods’ ever-evolving career and is shaping up to be one of the albums of 2025.

Fall From The Light arrives August 1 via Island Records/UMA. Pre-order your copy here. Check out the album artwork and track listing below.