The wombats

The wombats
General information
origin	Liverpool , England
Genre (s)	Indie rock , indietronic
founding	2003
Website	www.thewombats.co.uk
Founding members
Vocals , guitar , keyboard	Matthew Murphy
Drums	Dan Haggis
bass	Tord Øverland-Knudsen

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation   UK 11  platinum 11/17/2007 (43 weeks) This Modern Glitch   DE 24 05/13/2011 (2 weeks)   AT 38 05/13/2011 (1 week)   CH 33 05/15/2011 (1 week)   UK 3  gold 05/07/2011 (19 weeks) Glitterbug   DE 30th 04/24/2015 (1 week)   AT 62 04/24/2015 (1 week)   CH 74 04/19/2015 (1 week)   UK 5  silver 04/25/2015 (3 weeks)   US 91 05/02/2015 (1 week) Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life   DE 39 02/16/2018 (1 week)   AT 55 02/23/2018 (1 week)   CH 57 02/18/2018 (1 week)   UK 3  silver 02/22/2018 (7 weeks)   US 190 February 24, 2018 (1 week)

Singles

Backfire at the Disco   UK 40 04/28/2007 (6 weeks) Kill the director   UK 35  silver 07/07/2007 (5 weeks) Let's Dance to Joy Division   UK 15th  gold 10/20/2007 (12 weeks) Moving to New York   UK 13  gold 01/12/2008 (16 weeks) Is This Christmas?   UK 49 12/27/2008 (1 week) My Circuitboard City   UK 69 03/14/2009 (1 week) Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)   DE 78 11/19/2010 (1 week)   UK 23  silver 10/09/2010 (7 weeks) Jump into the fog   UK 35 02/05/2011 (5 weeks) Anti-D   UK 42 04/23/2011 (3 weeks) Techno fan   UK 60 06/11/2011 (7 weeks)

The Wombats is an alternative rock - band from Liverpool , England . The band was formed in 2003 by Dan Haggis ( drums ), Matthew "Murph" Murphy ( vocals , guitar ) and Tord Øverland-Knudsen ( bass ).

history

Haggis, Murphy and Øverland met in 2003 at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts , where they became friends and decided to start a band. In 2006 her debut single Lost in the Post / Party in a Forest (Where's Laura) was released. The band also released an EP called Girls, Boys and Marsupials , which was only available in Japan. In 2007, The Wombats released their first album for the international market called The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation . This was followed by her first European tour. In 2008 the band played at many concerts and festivals such as the famous Glastonbury Festival or the Frequency . In the same year, the single Is This Christmas? followed by My Circuitboard City . Her second album The Wombats Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch was released on April 25, 2011.

Discography

Albums

• 2007: The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation
• 2011: The Wombats Proudly Present: This Modern Glitch
• 2015: Glitterbug
• 2018: Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life

EPs

• 2006: Girls, Boys and Marsupials (only in Japan)
• 2007: The Wombats Go Pop! Pop! Pop! (only in Japan)
• 2007: The Wombats EP (United States only)
• 2011: The Wombats Proudly Present: This Acoustic Glitch
• 2015: Glitterbug B Sides EP

Singles

• 2006: Moving to New York
• 2007: Backfire at the Disco
• 2007: Kill the Director
• 2007: Let's Dance to Joy Division
• 2007: Lost in the Post
• 2008: Moving to New York (new release)
• 2008: Backfire at the Disco (re-release)
• 2008: Kill the Director (re-release)
• 2008: Bleeding Love
• 2008: Is This Christmas?
• 2009: My Circuitboard City
• 2010: Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
• 2011: Jump into the Fog
• 2011: Anti-D
• 2011: Techno fan
• 2011: Our Perfect Disease
• 2011: 1996
• 2013: Your Body is a Weapon
• 2015: Greek Tragedy (UK:silver)
• 2015: Give Me a Try
• 2015: Be Your Shadow
• 2015: emoticons
• 2017: Lemon to a Knife Fight
• 2017: Turn (UK:silver)
• 2017: Cheetah Tongue (UK:silver)
• 2018: Bee-Sting

Web links

Commons : The Wombats  - Collection of Images

• Official website
• The Wombats at laut.de
• The Wombats at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
2. ↑ ^{a b} Music Sales Awards: UK