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The Wombats' 2011 sophomore effort, This Modern Glitch finds the gleefully cynical Brit trio delivering a batch of catchy, immediately memorable dance-rock tracks the likes of which haven't been heard since the glory days of Blur and '90s Cool Britannia. Mixing the literate, biting social critique of Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner with Blur frontman Damon Albarn's jaded eye for ennui in the modern world, the Wombats have crafted their own would-be classic 21st century masterpiece. Frontman Matthew Murphy, an avowed skewer of pop culture trends since 2007's A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, retains his humorously cynical yet wide-eyed lyrical gaze, which brings to mind both Peter Sellers' and Ray Davies' personas of comedic intellectuals relenting to the debauched party atmosphere around them, which they don't quite approve of but can no longer ignore. The sentiment is perhaps best expressed on the delirious, revelatory anthem "Techno Fan," in which Murphy, despite the music not being to his taste, screams to the girl who invited him out to the club, "Shut up and move with me, move with me or get out of my face." Similarly, tracks like the driving post-punk disco cut "Tokyo (Vampires and Werewolves)" and deliciously bleak "Jump into the Fog" are grand statements of Pyrrhic, drunken escape from the pressures of modern life, with Murphy crooning on "Tokyo," "Finally! I know what it takes/It takes money and aeroplanes." He pushes the notion further on the brilliantly melodic, ennui-ridden baroque pop ballad "Anti-D," in which Blur's "karaoke songs" from "The Universal" have been replaced by the Wombats' own songs, which are better than "citalopram" and "to be prescribed as freely as any decongestants." The song, like the rest This Modern Glitch, makes the case for the Wombats as both rock stars and fools in their own pop star sitcom.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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John Hill, Additional Production, Programmer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - Rich Costey, Producer, Programmer, MixingEngineer - Chris Steffen, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Stavish, Engineer - The Wombats, MainArtist - matthew murphy, Producer, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer - Daniel Haggis, Writer - Matthew Edward Murphy, Writer - Tord Øverland Knudsen, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Dan Haggis, Producer, Drums, Vocals, Synthesizer
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2011 14th Floor Records
Eric Valentine, Producer, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - The Wombats, MainArtist - matthew murphy, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer - Robert Whiteley, AdditionalEngineer - Matthew Edward Murphy, Writer - Tord Øverland Knudsen, Producer, Bass Guitar, Percussion, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizer - Dan Haggis, Producer, Drums, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizer
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2010 14th Floor Records
John Hill, Additional Production, Programmer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - Rich Costey, Producer, Drums, Programmer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Chris Steffen, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Stavish, Engineer - Alex Gilbert, Drums - The Wombats, MainArtist - matthew murphy, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Robert Whiteley, AdditionalEngineer - Daniel Haggis, Writer - Matthew Edward Murphy, Writer - Tord Øverland Knudsen, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Machine Drums - Dan Haggis, Drums, Vocals, Synthesizer, Machine Drums
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2011 14th Floor Records
John Hill, Additional Production, Additional Programmer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - Rich Costey, MixingEngineer - Chris Steffen, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Stavish, AdditionalEngineer - Alex Gilbert, Choir - Graeme Revell, String Arranger - The Wombats, MainArtist - matthew murphy, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals - Sam Bell, Engineer - Casey Lewis, AssistantEngineer - Garret "Jacknife" Lee, Engineer - Matthew Edward Murphy, Writer - Tord Øverland Knudsen, Producer, Glockenspiel, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Baritone Guitar - Dan Haggis, Producer, Drums, Piano, Vocals, Synthesizer, Dulcimer - Garrett "Jacknife" Lee, Producer, Choir - Simon Bobbett, Choir
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2011 14th Floor Records
John Hill, Additional Production, Programmer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - Rich Costey, Producer, Programmer, MixingEngineer - Chris Steffen, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Stavish, Engineer - The Wombats, MainArtist - matthew murphy, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer - Matthew Edward Murphy, Writer - Tord Øverland Knudsen, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Baritone Guitar - Dan Haggis, Drums, Organ, Percussion, Vocals, Synthesizer
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2011 14th Floor Records
Eric Valentine, Additional Production, RecordingEngineer - John Hanes, Engineer - Serban Ghenea, MixingEngineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mix Engineer - Howie Weinberg, MasteringEngineer - The Wombats, MainArtist - matthew murphy, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, RecordingEngineer - Daniel Eriksen, Additional Recording - Phil Seaford, Assistant Mix Engineer - Matthew Edward Murphy, Writer - Tord Øverland Knudsen, Producer, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer, Baritone Guitar, RecordingEngineer - Dan Haggis, Producer, Drums, Vocals, Synthesizer, RecordingEngineer - Garrett "Jacknife" Lee, RecordingEngineer
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2011 14th Floor Records
Butch Walker, Additional Production - Eric Valentine, Producer, Engineer, Vocals, MixingEngineer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - Jake Sinclair, AdditionalEngineer - Alex Gilbert, Vocals - The Wombats, MainArtist - matthew murphy, Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer - Daniel Haggis, Writer - Matthew Edward Murphy, Writer - Tord Øverland Knudsen, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer - Dan Haggis, Drums, Vocals, Synthesizer
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2011 14th Floor Records
Butch Walker, Producer, Backing Vocals - John Hanes, MixingEngineer - Serban Ghenea, MixingEngineer - Tim Roberts, Assistant Mix Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - Jake Sinclair, Engineer - The Wombats, MainArtist - matthew murphy, Guitar, Programmer, Vocals, Synthesizer - Phil Seaford, Assistant Mix Engineer - Matthew Edward Murphy, Writer - Tord Øverland Knudsen, Bass Guitar, Programmer, Vocals, Synthesizer - Dan Haggis, Drums, Programmer, Vocals, Synthesizer
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2011 14th Floor Records
John Hill, Additional Production, Programmer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - Rich Costey, Producer, Programmer, MixingEngineer - Chris Steffen, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Stavish, Engineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Additional Guitar - The Wombats, MainArtist - matthew murphy, Guitar, Programmer, Vocals, Synthesizer - Sam Bell, Engineer - Garret "Jacknife" Lee, Engineer - Matthew Edward Murphy, Writer - Tord Øverland Knudsen, Bass Guitar, Programmer, Vocals, Synthesizer - Dan Haggis, Drums, Programmer, Vocals, Synthesizer
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2011 14th Floor Records
John Hill, Additional Production, Programmer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - Rich Costey, Producer, Programmer, MixingEngineer - Chris Steffen, AssistantEngineer - Charlie Stavish, Engineer - Graeme Revell, String Arranger - The Wombats, MainArtist - matthew murphy, Guitar, Lute, Organ, Vocals - Matthew Edward Murphy, Writer - Tord Øverland Knudsen, Keyboards, Vocals - Dan Haggis, Banjo, Keyboards, Vocals
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2011 14th Floor Records
Album review
The Wombats' 2011 sophomore effort, This Modern Glitch finds the gleefully cynical Brit trio delivering a batch of catchy, immediately memorable dance-rock tracks the likes of which haven't been heard since the glory days of Blur and '90s Cool Britannia. Mixing the literate, biting social critique of Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner with Blur frontman Damon Albarn's jaded eye for ennui in the modern world, the Wombats have crafted their own would-be classic 21st century masterpiece. Frontman Matthew Murphy, an avowed skewer of pop culture trends since 2007's A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, retains his humorously cynical yet wide-eyed lyrical gaze, which brings to mind both Peter Sellers' and Ray Davies' personas of comedic intellectuals relenting to the debauched party atmosphere around them, which they don't quite approve of but can no longer ignore. The sentiment is perhaps best expressed on the delirious, revelatory anthem "Techno Fan," in which Murphy, despite the music not being to his taste, screams to the girl who invited him out to the club, "Shut up and move with me, move with me or get out of my face." Similarly, tracks like the driving post-punk disco cut "Tokyo (Vampires and Werewolves)" and deliciously bleak "Jump into the Fog" are grand statements of Pyrrhic, drunken escape from the pressures of modern life, with Murphy crooning on "Tokyo," "Finally! I know what it takes/It takes money and aeroplanes." He pushes the notion further on the brilliantly melodic, ennui-ridden baroque pop ballad "Anti-D," in which Blur's "karaoke songs" from "The Universal" have been replaced by the Wombats' own songs, which are better than "citalopram" and "to be prescribed as freely as any decongestants." The song, like the rest This Modern Glitch, makes the case for the Wombats as both rock stars and fools in their own pop star sitcom.
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:35
- Main artists: The Wombats
- Label: Bright Antenna
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Alternative & Indie
© 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk ℗ 2011 Bright Antenna Under Exclusive From 14th Floor Recordings/Warners Music Uk
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