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Girls, Boys And Marsupials
''Girls, Boys and Marsupials'' is the first album by The Wombats, released in 2006 in Japan only. Many of these songs appear on their debut album ''A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation'', released the following year. The tracks that did not feature on this album ("Metro Song", "Sunday TV", "Derail & Crash" and "Caravan in Wales") featured as B-sides on single releases of " Kill the Director", "Let's Dance to Joy Division "Let's Dance to Joy Division" is a song by English rock band The Wombats, released as the second single from their debut album ''A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation''. The song was made available to download on 8 October 2007, with a physical rel ..." and " Backfire at the Disco". "Derail & Crash" and "Metro Song" also featured on the iTunes bonus version of ''A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation''. Track listing The Wombats albums 2006 debut albums {{2000s-indie-rock-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wombats
The Wombats are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003, consisting of Matthew Murphy (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, backing vocals, keyboards), and Dan Haggis (drums, backing vocals, keyboards). They are independent and have distribution deals with AWAL and Warner Music Australia. They have sold over 1 million albums worldwide. They created several EPs before releasing their first full album, '' Girls, Boys and Marsupials'' (2006), which was released only in Japan. The band's debut studio album, ''A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation'' (2007), featured some tracks first released on ''Girls, Boys and Marsupials''. After releasing a self-titled EP in 2008 and touring for three years, the band released and toured for the albums ''This Modern Glitch'' (2011), '' Glitterbug'' (2015), and '' Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life'' (2018). Their fifth album, '' Fix Yourself, Not the World'' (2022), became their first No. 1 album when it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation
''The Wombats Proudly Present A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation'', usually shortened to ''A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation'', is the debut major studio album by English rock band the Wombats. It was released by 14th Floor Records on 5 November 2007. Most of the songs first appeared on the band's 2006 Japan-only album '' Girls, Boys and Marsupials''. A DVD to accompany the album includes footage of the band at the South by Southwest festival, along with music videos from their recent singles. The album was recorded at Rockfield Studios and reached No. 11 in the UK Albums Chart. It contains a pregap before the first track, which contains the band attempting to make wine glasses "ring" and extolling the virtues of the French wine Beaujolais, ending with them performing a mock advert for Beaujolais. The album had sold 335,361 copies in the UK as of April 2015. Track listing Personnel * Matthew Murphy Matthew Edward Murphy (born 23 July 1984) is an English musician, si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kill The Director
"Kill the Director" is a song by English indie rock band the Wombats. Originally released in 2007, the song reached number 35 on the UK Singles Chart. The track was re-released as a download and 7-inch single in 2008 with the 7-inch only being available from the band's website, this time reaching number 48 on the UK chart. The 7-inch re-releases contain cover versions of " There She Goes" by the La's and "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis. Formats and track listings First release UK CD single # "Kill the Director" # "Kill the Director" (KUT FM live acoustic session) UK 7-inch single (purple) :A. "Kill the Director" :B. "Metro Song" UK 7-inch single (red) # "Kill the Director" # "Kill the Director" (CSS Remix) Second release UK CD single # "Kill the Director" # " There She Goes" (live from Triple J) UK 7-inch single 1 # "Kill the Director" # "Sunday TV" UK 7-inch single 2 # "Kill the Director" # "Bleeding Love" Chart performance On 6 July 2008, Kill the Director entered the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Let's Dance To Joy Division
"Let's Dance to Joy Division" is a song by English rock band The Wombats, released as the second single from their debut album ''A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation''. The song was made available to download on 8 October 2007, with a physical release one week later. It is based on a drunken night out experienced by lead singer Matthew Murphy at Le Bateau, a nightclub in the band's home city of Liverpool, during which he and his then-girlfriend danced on a table to " Love Will Tear Us Apart" by Joy Division. The lyrics examine the irony of dancing happily to a famously sad song. It is considered to be one of the band's signature songs. There is a hidden track on the 7" vinyl version of the single which features bassist Tord Knudsen singing the '' Postman Pat'' theme song in his native Norwegian. "Let's Dance to Joy Division" features on the BBC Three show ''Scallywagga'' as the theme song, and is featured in an episode of the BBC Three show '' Uncle''. Formats and track listing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Backfire At The Disco
"Backfire at the Disco" is a single from British indie band, the Wombats. It is from their debut album, '' The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation''. It was originally released on April 9, 2007, but was re-released on April 21, 2008. Formats and track listings Track listings of major single releases of "Backfire at the Disco". First release UK CD single (Released April 9, 2007) # "Backfire at the Disco" # "Backfire at the Disco (KGB Remix) UK 7" single (Gatefold Sleeve, Coloured Vinyl) (Released April 9, 2007) # "Backfire at the Disco" # "Little Miss Pipedream" UK 7" single (Picture Disc) (Released April 9, 2007) # "Backfire at the Disco" # "Moving to New York (BBC Radio 1 Session)" Second release UK CD single (Released April 21, 2008) # "Backfire at the Disco" # "Patience (BBC Radio 1 Live Version)" UK 7" single (Coloured Vinyl) (Released April 21, 2008) # "Backfire at the Disco (Live from The JD Set feat. Peter Hook)" # "Let’s Dance to Joy Divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Murphy
Matthew Edward Murphy (born 23 July 1984) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of The Wombats, which he co-founded in 2003. He began a solo career under the name Love Fame Tragedy in 2018. Early life Matthew Edward Murphy was born in the Woolton suburb of Liverpool on 23 July 1984,''Lead Singer Syndrome'', episode 193: "Matthew Murphy", September 2019 the son of a mother who works for Liverpool City Council and a father who teaches engineering. He has said that he "didn't come from money, but didn't have very humble beginnings either". He began playing the guitar at the age of five, primarily at the behest of his father.''The Seven Words Podcast'', episode: "Matthew 'Murph' Murphy", 28 June 2019 He was educated at Liverpool College in the neighbouring suburb of Mossley Hill, where he "smoked a lot of weed all the time and played in a lot of weird bands" and just barely managed to pass his A-levels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wombats Albums
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