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Jokey pop-punk bands are a mainstay of any town large enough to have a local bar for them to play in, so it takes something more for one to break through, such as lyrics that are as intelligent as they are funny and enough pure pop melody to balance the punky energy. Enter the Wombats, a three-man cross between Art Brut's Wire-like fractured art-punk and Half Man Half Biscuit's wicked Liverpudlian humor. Not only are the Wombats fellow Scousers, they have a tangential Beatles connection: singer and guitarist Matthew "Murph" Murphy and drummer Dan Haggis fo...[more]

 

 

Orders will receive ONE of the following ultra-rare goodies - The "Backfire at the Disco" 7", the "Lost in the Post" 7" or Import CD single, or the "Let's Dance to Joy Divsion" 7" or Import CD single. We cannot promise which bonus you will get! Limited quantities! (While supplies last!) The band's first ever US EP release from Kids in America/Bright Antenna, The Wombats EP sees the    [ read more ]

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This is a 12" x 18" The Wombats poster for the September 2, 2008 shows with Afternoons and Pop Noir at The Echoplex. Hand-numbered and designed by Cole Gerst [Option-G].

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Murph, Dan and Tord of The Wombats met in 2003 while attending Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts. They even received a music tutorial by Sir Paul himself and shared a stage with Ringo Starr. After meeting and forming the band, Murph reminisces on their beginnings in Liverpool; "We fiddled ourselves a gig in a place called Hannah's Bar. We used to call each other 'stupid wombats' and then we needed a name for this first gig so Dan was like 'just call us The Wombats.'" And so it began. P   [ read more ]

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