Fall from the Light

Fall from the Light is the ninth studio album by Australian hip-hop trio Hilltop Hoods, released on 1 August 2025, through Island Records Australia. The album is the group's first in six years, and was preceded by four singles: "Laced Up" (released in 2023), "The Gift", "Don't Happy, Be Worry" and "Never Coming Home". The album features contributions from Adelaide pop artist Nyassa, New Zealand pop band Six60, and former Australian rules footballer Marlon Motlop (as Marlon).^[2][3][4][5]

Fall from the Light
Studio album by Hilltop Hoods
Released	1 August 2025
Genre	Australian hip-hop
Length	42:15
Label	Island Australia
Producer	One Above Sesta Suffa
Hilltop Hoods chronology
The Great Expanse (2019) Fall from the Light (2025)
Singles from Fall from the Light
"Laced Up" Released: 14 June 2023 "The Gift" Released: 6 February 2025 "Don't Happy, Be Worry" Released: 10 April 2025 "Never Coming Home" Released: 11 July 2025[1]

Track listing

Fall from the Light track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fall from the Light" (featuring Nyassa)	Matthew Lambert Daniel Smith Andrew Burford	3:13
2.	"Never Coming Home" (featuring Six60)	Lambert Smith Barry Francis Burford Marlon Gerbes Chris Mac	4:05
3.	"The Gift" (featuring Marlon)	Lambert Smith Burford Jim Ford	3:48
4.	"Get Well Soon" (featuring Six60)	Lambert Smith Francis Burford Gerbes Mac Matiu Walters	3:30
5.	"Naked"	Lambert Smith Burford Francis Lai	3:00
6.	"Rage Against the Fatigue"	Lambert Smith Adam Baker Stelvio Cipriani	3:26
7.	"The Omelette"	Lambert Smith Burford Shibasaki Sosuke Takeomi Akaboshi	3:11
8.	"Don't Happy, Be Worry"	Lambert Smith Burford	3:09
9.	"Something Bigger than This"	Smith Burford	3:53
10.	"This Year"	Lambert Burford	3:07
11.	"Laced Up"	Lambert Smith Francis Burford Gerbes Mac Walters	3:22
12.	"The Moth" (featuring Nyassa)	Lambert Smith Burford	4:31
Total length:			42:15

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[6]

Hilltop Hoods

• Barry "DJ Debris" Francis – DJing (all tracks), engineering (tracks 1–9, 11, 12), programming (8)
• Matthew "Suffa" Lambert – vocals, engineering (all tracks); production (3, 5, 7, 8), drum programming (5)
• Daniel "Pressure" Smith – vocals

Additional contributors

• Andrew "One Above" Burford – production (all tracks), bass (1–5, 7, 8, 10, 12), organ (1–3, 5–7), piano (1, 2, 6, 7, 10, 12); drum programming, programming (1, 3, 4, 6–10, 12); horn arrangement (1, 3, 6–8), string arrangement (1, 10, 12), background vocals (1), synthesizer (2, 4, 6–10, 12), electric guitar (3–8, 10, 12); acoustic guitar, strings (3); keyboards (7), engineering (11)
• Serge Courtois – mixing
• Dave Kutch – mastering
• Nyassa – vocals (1, 12), background vocals (3)
• Ross Irwin – flugelhorn, trumpet (2, 3, 5)
• Stephen Mowat – engineering (2, 3, 5)
• Matiu Walters – vocals (2, 4)
• Danny Christie – vocal engineering (2)
• Phil Noy – baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone (3, 5, 6, 8); engineering (6)
• Kieran Conrau – bass trombone, trombone (3, 5)
• John Bartlett – keyboards (3, 7), piano (3, 8), strings (7), organ (8)
• Marlon – vocals (3)
• Oli Allan – engineering (4)
• Emalia Burford – vocals (5)
• Sesta – production, drum programming (6)
• Danielle Baynes – vocals (7)
• Phil Threlfall – engineering (8, 9), string engineering (12)
• Chorus Collective – choir vocals (8)
• Josef Hanna – viola, violin (10, 12)
• Matthew Hoy – cello (10, 12)

Charts

Chart performance for Fall from the Light

Chart (2025)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7]	1
Australian Hip Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA)[8]	1