News: The Wombats announce major January tour
The Wombats can make confirmation of a full UK and Ireland tour that culminates with a sizeable London date at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo. Renowned as one of the nation’s most incendiary live bands and also confirmed as one of the major attractions at Australia’s touring Parklife festival, The Wombats will play:
January
12th – Belfast, Spring & Airbrake
13th – Dublin, The Academy
15th – Edinburgh, HMV Picture House
16th – Dundee, Fat Sams Live
18th – Newcastle, O2 Academy
19th – Leeds, Metropolitan University
21st – Birmingham, HMV Institute
22nd – Manchester, Academy
23rd – Sheffield, Leadmill
24th – Norwich, UEA
25th – Cardiff, University Solus
27th – Bristol, O2 Academy
28th – London, HMV Hammersmith Apollo
Review: The Wombats – Tokyo
The autumn is bringing about a change in direction for Matt Murphy and his fellow musical marsupials. Through ‘TOKYO Vampires & Wolves’ they seem to be beginning the retreat from teeny indie pop into a sorrowful, haunting and hanging sound that twists together elements of The Editors, Athlete and Duran Duran. The maturity and reflection on show, along with well timed spasms of electro tinged 80s pop enthusiasm, will almost certainly steer them away from another ill-fated Christmas Number 1 attempt.
This prelude to their intriguing second album will not disappoint those eager for some more dingy stomping, but Da Wombies will distract them with their sincerity and 80s appreciation. You can prepare to close and lock the door on the one album wonder pit, as these guys won’t be falling into it, at least not on this evidence anyway.
The Wombats – My Circuitboad City
Do The Wombats ever slow down? Fresh off their Christmas single the band return with some brand new material for the new year. I have always been hot and cold with The Wombats. They have seem to have never gone away for awhile. They just keep on releasing tunes which are good and bad depending on which way you are looking at it. The thing that I liked about this track that it did not have the quirkiness of Let’s Dance to Joy Division and Moving to New York. Those were still fun tracks at the time but they lacked a little substance and longevity. “My Circuitboard City” is fun and quirky that is surprisingly one of the bands finer moments. It will be interesting to see if a second album would hold up as well as this track.
By John Siwicki
The Wombats – My Circuitboard City
The new video from the Wombats. The track “My Circuitboard City” is due out in March