Back in 2008, The Wombats were Liverpool's answer to Sheffield's Arctic Monkeys
. Bookish indie kids with an affinity for The Strokes
and sarcasm. Now in 2011, The Wombats are ready to return with second album, This Modern Glitch, due out April 25.
For album number two, frontman Matthew Murphy has done what so many seem to be doing nowadays — traded his axe for a keyboard. The result isn't as jarring as you might think. The dynamic basslines and bright percussion are still there; The Wombats just sound a little more grown up.
Take the single "Jump Into The Fog", currently available on a 4-song EP only in the UK:
"Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)"
was released as a single back in October. It suggests an even further embrace of synthpop:For frame of reference, here's where The Wombats have been. This is "Let's Dance To Joy Division" from debut A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation:
Precocious little Brits, eh?
2 comments:
Local band Wild Party toured with them in the UK. Also, have you heard any of the new Raveonettes? Thoroughly impressive.
Here's a link to a Wild Party song.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/dc9/2010/10/bonus_mp3_wild_partys_take_my.php
If you wanna see The Wombats live, you can try your luck and enter the competition on MissWinIt.com! You can win tickets for their next London gig at HMV Apollo Hammersmith on March 14th, get the see the boys backstage after their gig and take home a signed copy of their new album ‘This Modern Glitch'!!!
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