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The Wombats return with Oh! The Ocean pressed to yellow and blue-sparkle split LP, limited to 1,000 copies and hand-numbered to order.

Since they emerged as leading lights of the late-00s indie rock scene with 2007 debut A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, Liverpools The Wombats Matthew Murph Murphy, bassist Tord verland Knudsen and drummer Dan Haggis have maintained an incredible upward momentum, amassing 2.5B streams along the way.

2011s electro-flecked second album The Modern Glitch made them Top Ten regulars; 2015s third Glitterbug saw them embraced by the TikTok generation years later, with Greek Tragedy a viral hit several times over.

By 2018s Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life theyd stepped up to arenas around the world, and 2022s Fix Yourself, Not the World was the bands first UK #1 album. Their recent Reading 2024 Radio 1 tent headline slot proved they continue at the top of their game, overspilling with crowds of 18-24-year-olds that remain the core audience 2 decades into their career.

This set launched the new era of The Wombats sixth album Oh! The Ocean, a project that grooves with social anxiety, internal strife, compulsive behaviours and the dilemmas and tribulations of Los Angeles life, where Murph and his family live.

From behind the bands deceptively cuddly faade, Murph has always written openly about his anxiety, depression and addictions (hes now sober as hell), but with this collection theres a sense of progress towards confronting, accepting and coping with his issues.

Alongside familiar sounds they explore new genres from glistening tech rock to sci-fi pop, futuristic fuzz rock to bluesy rocknroll, with touches of disco and hip-hop-inflections.