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Kill The Director / Metro Song
14TH FLOOR RECORDS
Continuing to bash out effortlessly infectious indie pop that can't fail to bring a massive smile to your face, Liverpool three piece The Wombats seem hellbent on bringing back a little fun and energy to the indie rock scene.
Latest single KILL THE DIRECTOR is another impossibly catchy pop tune buried beneath clanging guitars and frenetic drum patterns, frontman Matthew Murphy barking out hook laden melody after hook laden melody, the final kiss off "this is no Bridget Jones", a tiny moment of genius. The none more UK centric indie of METRO SONG finds Murphy singing a love song to his Mini Metro, culminating in the stupidly infectious "he's just my little blue bomb on the A11" chorus.
The Wombats make no attempts to revolutionise the genre with KILL THE DIRECTOR, simply bashing out unashamedly catchy indie rock sounds
that superglue themselves to your brain and refuse to come unstuck.
A band worth obsessing over.
BIOGRAPHY
Based in Liverpool, The Wombats are native Scousers Matthew Murphy (vocals, guitar, keyboard) and Dan Haggis (drums), along with assimilated Viking Tord Overland-Knudsen (bass, vocals).
Since coalescing out of the city's vibrant music scene two years ago, the band has already gained substantial support from Radio 1 with several self-released EPs and will release their first full single LOST IN THE POST through Kids on 10th July 2006. The single will be limited to 500 vinyls, with the first 100 coming in lavish, handmade packaging. Kids, who have released sell-out singles by iLIKETRAiNS and The Whip, will again offer free MP3s of the tracks to anyone who buys the release on vinyl - a move applauded by The Times and the Evening Standard amongst others.
LOST IN THE POST may be the most infectious indie-pop single you'll hear all year. Recalling early Supergrass and Blur at their most exuberant and carefree, the bouncing bassline and three-way harmonies conceal doleful, self-deprecating lyrics, as Murphy blames himself for the state of a deteriorating relationship. Meanwhile b-side PATRICIA THE STRIPPER gives a nod to fellow Liverpudlians The La's and The Zutons in a hi-octane pop romp chronicling a doomed love affair with a pole dancer.
As quintessentially English as a band with songs about caravans in Wales and lusting after Sky TV may seem, The Wombats have clearly struck an international nerve. A tour of Canada was followed in May by a performance to a rapturous crowd of more than 10,000 in Bejing; the Guardian described the band as "for one glorious half-hour set at least, bigger than the Rolling Stones".
LINE UP
Matthew Murphy>vocals/guitar/keyboard
Tord Overland-Knudsen>bass/vocals
Dan Haggis>drums
DISCOGRAPHY
LOST IN THE POST (Kids>2006)
Lost In The Post
Patricia The Stripper
MOVING TO NEW YORK (Kids>2006)
Moving To New York
Party In A Forest (Where's Laura?)
KILL THE DIRECTOR (14th Floor Recordings>2007) Kill The Director Metro Song
LINKS
The Wombats>www.thewombats.co.uk
FURTHER LISTENING
The Motorettes
Supergrass
Bloc Party
Review date: June 2007 |
