The Wombats On Their Upcoming Record And Returning To Australia As Soon As Possible

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    Zanda Wilson

    Ten years since the release of their debut album A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation, British indie rockers The Wombats are preparing to release their fourth album, Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life. Fan favourites in Australia for the best part of that decade, and having toured here to celebrate the anniversary of their debut earlier this year, the band are gearing up to go around again - today releasing brand new song Lemon To A Knife Fight.

    Lead singer Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy says that the process of writing this album was similar to their previous one Glitterbug, with him having to fly back and forth between London and his current home in LA. There were however, some welcome differences in the process of putting together some of the tracks. “I mean the actual writing process was kind of the same for the last album and the two before it,” he says.

    “There were a few songs on the album where the band sent me backing tracks that I worked to. We’ve recorded the album and I’ve been flying back and forth from LA to London, and to Oslo a lot. With this one, seven of the songs I wrote in LA and the other four we wrote together in Oslo. It was one of the first times we’d actually written something together from scratch and built it up, so it was exciting and it’s nice to know that we still have that in our arsenal.”

    Things have changed a lot since the release of their debut album. The world seems less simple than in 2007 and The Wombats are no longer the same 20-something self-deprecating youngsters they were. Murph reflects back on their most recent two albums with mixed emotions, but says he couldn’t be happier with how the new album has panned out.  “I try not to hope too much, but I’m just really proud of this album. For me it’s our finest moment,” says Murph.

    “With the last couple of albums – not to dismiss them or be negative, because they were really good in their own right, but this is just better basically as far as I’m concerned,” he continues. “I feel it’s really nice to go into an album campaign knowing the songs are all there and you’re in 100% for all the songs.”

    “In terms of what it’s going to bring to the people, one of the things that I was really pushing for was to try to create a more organic-sounding record that wasn’t overly synthy or overly dialled up to 11 all the time. Something that was, I’m sure there’s a better word other than tasteful but that just breathes more, and I think we’ve pretty much achieved that. That’s the general script I suppose.” 

    Murph says that their new track, Lemon To A Knife Fight, released today, will be a perfect way to introduce fans into the type of sound on this latest LP. “That track may even have a bit more programming and a bit more production than most of the stuff on the album, to be honest. But it’s definitely a good starting point for people to get introduced to the album.”

    So, having established that this forthcoming record won’t be as dense or heavily produced as The Wombats’ previous two, it could be a safe assumption that The Wombats are trying to hark back to simpler times and the type of music they were making at the start. Despite this, Murph doesn’t necessarily believe there was any found sense of nostalgia for the old days that’s been found that triggered the change in style.  “I think that our music going forward – as long as the song is good, we don’t need all the bells and whistles,” he says.

    “I just think that recording in a much less synthesised, more organic way is just the classier thing to do for us going forward. There are certain songs we’ve done on the past couple of albums that I just felt like we threw the kitchen sink at them. It’s just a complete personal taste thing. At times the band wanted to do more synthy stuff or do more gang backing vocals like we’ve done in the past, and it was trying at times to say “let’s just calm down on that a little bit,” because we’ve definitely done that. That’s a road that we’ve travelled down a lot, let’s try to travel down a different road. It was really about necessity rather than trying to hark back to being a 20 year-old.”

    Having said that, there’s no secret that A Guide To Love, Loss And Desperation is still a record that resonates incredibly well with the band’s fan base. Well enough that even 10 years later the band can tour off the back of it like they did to celebrate its anniversary. “I don’t know, I guess there’s just so much energy to it,” muses Murph on their 2007 debut. “It’s so up-beat and fast, and very happy. It’s like having a Yorkshire terrier bark at you.”

    “It’s very outward looking and most people’s first albums are all very outward, talking about people and parties and things they’ve actually done. Then slowly over time things get more inward. So I think that sense of looking outward as well as the jubilance and the energy, and the self-deprecating lyrics is why people are still resonating with it. I guess in terms of looking outward this next album will possibly be quite similar to that.”

    The Wombats have had a loyal, growing Aussie fan base for the best part of a decade now, and the band has become known for repaying the love with regular tours, though Murph admits they’ve never really gotten use to the logistics of having the touring venues so far apart. “The touring itself is quite physically demanding because of the flights. It’s not like the UK where you can just drive a couple of hours and wake up at the next venue on the tour,” he laughs.

    “Because you’re always up early and flying. It’s always so worth it because the fans are just nuts and it’s a great energy. Every show we’ve ever done in Australia has had just such a great vibe and energy to it, with people going wild; getting their appendages out and stuff which is exactly what we want to see. We already have stuff booked for Australia. I don’t think I can say when it is, but you can probably guess.  Yeah we’re definitely going to be back as soon as possible.” 

    Listen to their new song Lemon To A Knife Fight below. You can pre-order The Wombats' upcoming album Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life HERE It's due for release on 9 February 2018. 

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Zanda Wilson

Ten years since the release of their debut album A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation, British indie rockers The Wombats are preparing to release their fourth album, Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life. Fan favourites in Australia for the best part of that decade, and having toured here to celebrate the anniversary of their debut earlier this year, the band are gearing up to go around again - today releasing brand new song Lemon To A Knife Fight.

Lead singer Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy says that the process of writing this album was similar to their previous one Glitterbug, with him having to fly back and forth between London and his current home in LA. There were however, some welcome differences in the process of putting together some of the tracks. “I mean the actual writing process was kind of the same for the last album and the two before it,” he says.

“There were a few songs on the album where the band sent me backing tracks that I worked to. We’ve recorded the album and I’ve been flying back and forth from LA to London, and to Oslo a lot. With this one, seven of the songs I wrote in LA and the other four we wrote together in Oslo. It was one of the first times we’d actually written something together from scratch and built it up, so it was exciting and it’s nice to know that we still have that in our arsenal.”

Things have changed a lot since the release of their debut album. The world seems less simple than in 2007 and The Wombats are no longer the same 20-something self-deprecating youngsters they were. Murph reflects back on their most recent two albums with mixed emotions, but says he couldn’t be happier with how the new album has panned out.  “I try not to hope too much, but I’m just really proud of this album. For me it’s our finest moment,” says Murph.

“With the last couple of albums – not to dismiss them or be negative, because they were really good in their own right, but this is just better basically as far as I’m concerned,” he continues. “I feel it’s really nice to go into an album campaign knowing the songs are all there and you’re in 100% for all the songs.”

“In terms of what it’s going to bring to the people, one of the things that I was really pushing for was to try to create a more organic-sounding record that wasn’t overly synthy or overly dialled up to 11 all the time. Something that was, I’m sure there’s a better word other than tasteful but that just breathes more, and I think we’ve pretty much achieved that. That’s the general script I suppose.” 

Murph says that their new track, Lemon To A Knife Fight, released today, will be a perfect way to introduce fans into the type of sound on this latest LP. “That track may even have a bit more programming and a bit more production than most of the stuff on the album, to be honest. But it’s definitely a good starting point for people to get introduced to the album.”

So, having established that this forthcoming record won’t be as dense or heavily produced as The Wombats’ previous two, it could be a safe assumption that The Wombats are trying to hark back to simpler times and the type of music they were making at the start. Despite this, Murph doesn’t necessarily believe there was any found sense of nostalgia for the old days that’s been found that triggered the change in style.  “I think that our music going forward – as long as the song is good, we don’t need all the bells and whistles,” he says.

“I just think that recording in a much less synthesised, more organic way is just the classier thing to do for us going forward. There are certain songs we’ve done on the past couple of albums that I just felt like we threw the kitchen sink at them. It’s just a complete personal taste thing. At times the band wanted to do more synthy stuff or do more gang backing vocals like we’ve done in the past, and it was trying at times to say “let’s just calm down on that a little bit,” because we’ve definitely done that. That’s a road that we’ve travelled down a lot, let’s try to travel down a different road. It was really about necessity rather than trying to hark back to being a 20 year-old.”

Having said that, there’s no secret that A Guide To Love, Loss And Desperation is still a record that resonates incredibly well with the band’s fan base. Well enough that even 10 years later the band can tour off the back of it like they did to celebrate its anniversary. “I don’t know, I guess there’s just so much energy to it,” muses Murph on their 2007 debut. “It’s so up-beat and fast, and very happy. It’s like having a Yorkshire terrier bark at you.”

“It’s very outward looking and most people’s first albums are all very outward, talking about people and parties and things they’ve actually done. Then slowly over time things get more inward. So I think that sense of looking outward as well as the jubilance and the energy, and the self-deprecating lyrics is why people are still resonating with it. I guess in terms of looking outward this next album will possibly be quite similar to that.”

The Wombats have had a loyal, growing Aussie fan base for the best part of a decade now, and the band has become known for repaying the love with regular tours, though Murph admits they’ve never really gotten use to the logistics of having the touring venues so far apart. “The touring itself is quite physically demanding because of the flights. It’s not like the UK where you can just drive a couple of hours and wake up at the next venue on the tour,” he laughs.

“Because you’re always up early and flying. It’s always so worth it because the fans are just nuts and it’s a great energy. Every show we’ve ever done in Australia has had just such a great vibe and energy to it, with people going wild; getting their appendages out and stuff which is exactly what we want to see. We already have stuff booked for Australia. I don’t think I can say when it is, but you can probably guess.  Yeah we’re definitely going to be back as soon as possible.” 

Listen to their new song Lemon To A Knife Fight below. You can pre-order The Wombats' upcoming album Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life HERE It's due for release on 9 February 2018. 

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