The Wombats

The Wombats is a popular indie rock band from Liverpool in the UK. The band was formed back in 2003 but to date only one studio album has been released. Technically the band released its first album back in 2006, only in Japan though and it was there given the title of 'Girls, Boys And Marsupials'. One year later and the album 'The Wombats Proudly Present: A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation' emerged all around the rest of the world featuring many of the tracks that were included on the original Japan album. The album was a huge hit in the UK and also in Australia. The band has achieved moderate success in a number of different countries across the world, and with its fine display of uplifting indie music has brought much light to the lives of many.

The band is currently signed to 14th Floor Records, the record label which released the band's debut album. Two new tracks are currently in the pipeline; an anti-Christmas track due out just before Christmas, and another single also which looks set to come out at some stage in the early New Year. The anti-Christmas track is to be given the title 'Is This Christmas?' whilst the track to be released in 2009 looks all set to be 'My Circuitboard City'.

The band has remained with the same line-up since forming in 2003 (somewhat of a rarity for band's these days), the three Wombats band members having met whilst attending the Liverpool Institute for Arts together. It's quite a lovely story that these three school friends should come so far together as a band, it's not been a particularly easy ride but the band now has a strong selling album behind it and the future is looking rosier by the minute.

According to the band's website; The Wombats started as a joke that the three members didn't want people to find funny. They'd wear hats with bells on to their gigs, start screaming in the middle of songs, and the idea was to kill the shows as much as possible and not to make people laugh. The band has come a long way since then though and in five short years has developed to become a popular band in all corners of the globe. Not one of the biggest indie rock bands out there, still one that has quite a sturdy fan base however and a band whose music is now appreciated by many.

As of September 3rd the band reported that it is currently recording the 'My Circuitboard City' track in the studio via Twitter, no further updates have since been announced however and who knows what the band will be getting up to next. No news has yet been announced about album number two, as the saying goes though; no news is good news, and I'm sure that it shan't be long before further updates take place and the band announces more exciting future plans. Fingers crossed for album number two, and let's hope that the band's second album can once more be highly impressive and a lot of fun to listen to.

The following are the three present members that make up the fantastic indie/pop punk band that is The Wombats:

- Matthew Murphy - Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards
- Daniel Haggis - Drummer, Vocals
- Tord Overland-Knudsen - Bass, Vocals