Pool Of Sound - The Wombats

The Wombats

'The Wombats' formed in Liverpool in 2003 when three students studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts struck up a friendship and formed a band. Matthew Murphy from Woolton on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards and Dan Haggis from Garston on drums and backing vocals, both local lads, were joined by Tord Øverland Knudsen from Elverum, Norway, on bass guitar and backing vocals.
Over the course of 2004 to 2005, the band released many EP's such as, 'The Hangover Sessions, No.3' and 'The Daring Adventures of Sgt.Wimbo and His Pet Otter', as well as two limited edition vinyls on the London-based indie label KIDS records and the Japan-only debut single, 'Girls, Boys and Marsupials.' This was followed by the band's first full single in July 2007, 'Kill The Director', after signing to 14th Floor Records, .

It was their 2007 debut album, 'A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation', which peaked at No.11 on the UK Albums Chart, and was undeniably the soundtrack to every indie disco at that time, that was to see them make their mark. It coincided with the release in October 2007 of what became their signature song, ' Let's Dance to Joy Division.' The band started 2008 as the opening act of the opening ceremony of Liverpool's European Capital of Culture celebrations at the Liverpool Arena. The single 'Moving to New York' was re-released on the 14th of January 2008 and reached No.13 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their highest charting release to date. At the 2008 NME Awards they were awarded 'Best Dance Floor Filler' for their single, 'Let's Dance to Joy Division'. Their work ethic was enormous as in 2007 they played 50 pub and club shows around the UK in almost as many days and it was to take its toll. In April 2008, they had put out their first U.S. release, 'The Wombats EP' on the Bright Antenna label and followed this up with a full UK tour as well as playing dates in Europe and Japan. Having continued their breakneck schedule for eighteen months solid, they came off a mammoth US tour in 2008, in their own words, "pretty broken... physically and mentally."

Over the summer of 2008, between festival dates, two more singles were recorded, the stop-gap classic, 'My Circuitboard City', and their sardonic (anti-) Christmas song, 'Is This Christmas?', before singer Matthew 'Murph' Murphy sat down to begin writing new material for their second album. However, mentally drained, it took a sabbatical back to his Liverpool roots for Murph to get his mojo back and the new 'Wombats' instantly clicked. They plumped for a synthier sound with Murph's keyboard often replacing the lead guitar, and the tunes poured forth in ever more innovative and colourful guises. What emerged was a second studio album,'This Modern Glitch', recorded in the MRG Recording Studio in LA, California with producers Eric Valentine and 'U2' and 'R.E.M'. producer Garret 'Jacknife' Lee.

'The Wombats' announced that their new album 'Glitterbug' would be released in April 2015 and it achieved similar chart success to its predecessor, charting at No.5 in the UK and No.2 in Australia. 'Glitterbug' also became their first album to chart in the US, reaching No.81 on the Billboard 200. To support the album the band toured extensively across the world.
Their fourth album 'Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life' was released on the 9th of February 2018 and reached No.3 number three in the U.K Album Charts and it also made the Billboard 200. May 2021 saw the band post a series of teasers on various social media, leading up to the announcement on the 24th of May 2021 of the single, 'Method to the Madness'to be released on the 26th. A second single, 'If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You' was released on the 16th of August, taken from their upcoming album 'Fix Yourself, Not the World', scheduled for release on the 7th of January 2022.

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