Slowly Slowly Return With Powerful New Single “Sacrosaint”
Australian favourites Slowly Slowly return with powerful new single Sacrosaint. Their first new music since 2025’s Forgiving Spree (#1 Australian ARIA Album Charts), the track is an urgent, explosive anthem charged with raw passion, desperate energy, and a high-wire vocal performance that pushes frontman Ben Stewart to his absolute physical limits.
Kickstarting an ambitious new era for the trio, Sacrosaint marks a pivotal evolution in Ben’s songwriting. Where previous releases were defined by introspective self-reflection, this time he turns his lens towards the world around him, merging his trademark personal observations with a broader, global perspective. As the turbulence of the wider world began to mirror the chaos of his own life, Ben channels the feeling of “standing in quicksand” while watching the world sink around him, capturing that sense of existential dread in the track’s poignant line, “eight billion lonely people, and not enough for equal.”
At its core, Sacrosaint is a warning about what happens when we stop nurturing the foundations beneath us – both personally and collectively. A clever play on the word “sacrosanct”, the song sits in the space between helplessness and urgency, questioning what happens when the things we rely on begin to erode, and we take the structures holding us together for granted. Delivered with an emotionally raw vocal performance kept intentionally on the edge of falling apart, the single builds with relentless momentum toward its explosive climax, “we’re running out of time.”
Ben shares, “‘Sacrosaint’ is about the things that we’ve taken for granted, the things that have been sacrosanct in the past, and how we always think they’re going to be there. In that laziness, you’re watching the pillars of what holds up your life and society erode. The good in the world felt like it was disappearing. It felt like a big warning sign – if we stop watering those things that are so important for our happiness, it’s over. So, it felt like a warning.”
On the track’s music video, he expands, “I knew exactly what I wanted for the video, which is unusual as I’m not a very visual creative. I needed apocalyptic, I needed the tension of the band performance backdrop in the middle of nowhere against the feeling of intense movement. The two videos I had in my head as inspiration were ‘Scar Tissue’ by Red Hot Chili Peppers and ‘Minerva’ by Deftones.”
The new single and music video arrive following the announcement of Slowly Slowly’s place on the 2026 Good Things Festival lineup, alongside Simple Plan, Neck Deep, Bilmuri, The Home Team, LØLØ, All-American Rejects, Polaris, and more. On the live front, Slowly Slowly recently celebrated ten years since the release of their debut album Chamomile with a sold-out hometown show at Melbourne’s Evelyn Hotel, before Ben headed to the US for a series of stripped-back solo shows in Los Angeles and Nashville.
What has always set Slowly Slowly apart is their ability to turn deeply personal experiences into songs that feel universal – pairing introspective reflections, heartfelt storytelling, and sensitive sadness with clever wordplay and an instinct for a huge melodic payoff. Following the release of Forgiving Spree (2025) – the band’s third Top 10 ARIA album – the Melbourne three-piece are now entering their next chapter with a renewed sense of creative freedom, taking greater control of their creative process as they build towards their most raw and authentic era yet.
Since emerging in 2015 with debut single Empty Lungs, Slowly Slowly have grown into an unshakeable musical force, built around a fiercely loyal fanbase and a reputation as one of Australia’s most compelling live bands. Across five acclaimed studio albums – 2016’s Chamomile, 2018’s St. Leonards, 2020’s Race Car Blues (#8 ARIA Charts), 2022’s Daisy Chain (#5 ARIA Charts), and 2025’s Forgiving Spree (#1 Australian Album, #8 ARIA Charts) – Slowly Slowly have continually evolved without losing the emotional honesty at the heart of their music.
Their live resume includes taking over Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on their biggest-ever headline tour, completing their first UK/European headline run, and sharing stages with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stand Atlantic, Crawlers, Amy Shark and Ocean Alley. Backed by collaborative tracks with Frank Turner, Alex Lahey, and Grayscale, alongside festival appearances at Good Things, Splendour in The Grass, UNIFY, Groovin The Moo, Party In The Paddock, Beyond The Valley, and Yours and Owls, Slowly Slowly continue to stand out as one of the country’s most formidable bands.
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PERFORMING AT GOOD THINGS 2026
Featuring: Limp Bizkit, Simple Plan, Spiritbox, Neck Deep, Bilmuri, The Home Team, LØLØ, All-American Rejects, Polaris, and more
December 4 – Melbourne
December 5 – Sydney
December 6 – Brisbane
PERFORMING AT GREAT ESCAPE NYE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Featuring: Ocean Alley, Ball Park Music, The Rions, RAGEFLOWER, and more
December 29-January 1 – Tasmania