The Wombats To Support Sixth Studio Album 'Oh! The Ocean' With Spring UK Arena Tour
Friday, 11 October 2024
Written by Jon Stickler
Photo: Julia Friedland-Godfrey
The Wombats have laid out plans for their sixth studio album.
The follow-up to 2022's chart-topping 'Fix Yourself Not The World' is called 'Oh! The Ocean' and will arrive on February 21 via AWAL. Recorded in Echo Park, Los Angeles with producer John Congleton, the record's title is inspired by a revelatory trip to the beach frontman Matthew "Murph" Murphy took on a family holiday. He explained:
"I’ve been to many beaches and seas and coasts over the years but for some reason it felt like the first time I had ever seen it and was truly present. There was this revelation that I had been living a life caught up in my own head, or in some kind of racing helmet or with blinkers on. It was really a potent experience. I felt like I saw everything new for the first time, and was aware that I had been so selfish to not take in how crazy the world and life is. I’d been caught up in my own BS for way too long. The album offers up some internal questions like: why are my head and body disconnected all the time? Why am I incapable at times of seeing any form of beauty in the world or in others? Why do I expect the world to conform to my will? Why do I never stop and smell the flowers?"
To coincide with the announcement, the Liverpool band have shared Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come, a playful, melodic indie-pop track that comes paired with a video. Murph said of the song: "[It] is about constantly defaulting to a 'Lone Wolf' mindset, and what the real life consequences of that may be."
The trio have also scheduled their biggest UK tour to date for March 2025, which will take them to Nottingham's Motorpoint Arena, the O2 Arena in London, Cardiff's Utilita Arena, Manchester's AO Arena, Glasgow's OVO Hydro and Leeds' First Direct Arena. Tickets go on general sale at 10am next Friday (October 18).
'Oh! The Ocean' tracklist:
1. Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come
2. Can't Say No
3. Blood On The Hospital Floor
4. Kate Moss
5. Gut Punch
6. My Head Is Not My Friend
7. I Love America And She Hates Me
8. The World's Not Out To Get Me, I Am
9. Grim Reaper
10. Reality Is A Wild Ride
11. Swerve (101)
12. Lobster
NEW // 🎵 So happy, yeah, we're so happy 🎵
Why, you ask? It's because @thewombats have not only announced a brand new album, but they'll also be supporting it with a UK arena tour in March!
Tue March 18 2025 - NOTTINGHAM Motorpoint Arena
Wed March 19 2025 - LONDON O2 Arena
Fri March 21 2025 - CARDIFF Utilita Arena Cardiff
Sat March 22 2025 - MANCHESTER AO Arena
Tue March 25 2025 - GLASGOW OVO Hydro
Wed March 26 2025 - LEEDS first direct Arena
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