The Wombats have announced their sixth studio album Oh! The Ocean will release early next year, with the band on tour soon after.
Set to release on February 21, 2025, the album marks the first release from the Liverpool-born band since Fix Yourself, Not the World. A tour in support of the album has also been announced, with tickets on sale from October 19, dates of which can be found below.
Frontman Matthew “Murph” Murphy says the three-piece took to six weeks of sessions for the new album in July 2024 alongside producer John Congleton, who has previously worked with St. Vincent and Death Cab for Cutie. The title of their latest album is inspired by a trip Murphy took on a family holiday.
He said: “I’ve been to many beaches and seas and coasts over the years but for some reason it felt like the first time I had ever seen it and was truly present. There was this revelation that I had been living a life caught up in my own head, or in some kind of racing helmet or with blinkers on. It was really a potent experience.
“I felt like I saw everything new for the first time, and was aware that I had been so selfish to not take in how crazy the world and life is. I’d been caught up in my own BS for way too long. The album offers up some internal questions like: why are my head and body disconnected all the time? Why am I incapable at times of seeing any form of beauty in the world or in others? Why do I expect the world to conform to my will? Why do I never stop and smell the flowers?”
Lead single Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want to Come has already been released, with Murphy revealing the song is about “constantly defaulting to a ‘Lone Wolf’ mindset, and what the real-life consequences of that may be.”
A full track list of Oh! The Ocean can be found below, as well as the series of concert dates The Wombats will play through March 2025. Tickets are available here.
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Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come
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Can’t Say No
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Blood On The Hospital Floor
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Kate Moss
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Gut Punch
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My Head Is Not My Friend
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I Love America And She Hates Me
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The World’s Not Out To Get Me, I Am
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Grim Reaper
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Reality Is A Wild Ride
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Swerve (101)
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Lobster
The Wombats – UK Tour Dates:
18 March – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
19 March – London The O2
21 March – Cardiff Utilita Arena
22 March – Manchester AO Arena
25 March – Glasgow OVO Hydro
26 March – Leeds First Direct Arena
