The Wombats – Oh The Ocean LP (Transparent Blue Vinyl) Online

Oh The Ocean (Transparent Blue Vinyl) Since they emerged as leading lights of the late- 00s indie rock scene with 2007 debut A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, Liverpool s The Wombats – Matthew Murph Murphy, bassist Tord Øverland Knudsen and drummer Dan Haggis – have maintained an incredible upward momentum, amassing 2.5B streams along the way. 2011 s electro-flecked second album The Modern Glitch made them Top Ten regulars; 2015 s third Glitterbug saw them embraced by the TikTok generation years later, with Greek Tragedy a viral hit several times over. By 2018 s Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life they d stepped up to arenas around the world, and 2022 s Fix Yourself, Not the World was the band s 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 Wombat s 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 band s deceptively cuddly façade, Murph has always written openly about his anxiety, depression and addictions (he s now sober as hell ), but with this collection there s 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 rock n roll, with touches of disco and hip-hop-inflections.