''Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!'' is the fifth album by

Art Brut Art Brut is an English indie rock band. Their debut album, '' Bang Bang Rock & Roll'', was released on 30 May 2005, with its follow up, ''It's a Bit Complicated'', released on 25 June 2007. Named after French painter Jean Dubuffet's definition ...

released on 23 November 2018. The album is the band's first album in seven years after the 2012 release ''

Brilliant! Tragic! ''Brilliant! Tragic!'' is the fourth studio album by Art Brut, released on 23 May 2011. The album was recorded in Salem, Oregon, and was the second by the band to be produced by Frank Black, best known as the frontman of Pixies. To accompany the ...

''. The lead-off single from the album was the eponymously-titled "Wham! Bang! Pow! Let's Rock Out!", the first new Art Brut material to be released since 2011. A second single, with video, "Hospital!" was released on 2 October 2018, along with full details of the album.

Cover

The album cover is by pop artist

Jim Avignon Enfants Terribles, also Nana ET Matvey,
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, and its design references the cover to

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Reception

Track listing

Personnel

Eddie Argos Eddie Argos (born Kevin Macklin 25 October 1979) is the lead singer of English rock band Art Brut, and writer of comic books, comics. Personal life Born in Weymouth, Dorset, Weymouth, England, Argos later moved to Poole, Dorset as a young chi ...

– vocals *Ian Catskilkin – guitar *

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– guitar *Freddy Feedback – bass guitar *Charlie Layton – drums

References

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