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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">NEW TRACK "GIVE ME A TRY" STREAMING ON
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New Album<i> Glitterbug </i>Out April 14th <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Today,<b> The Wombats’</b> have released their latest track “<b>Give Me A Try,</b>" which is dubbed as
<b><i>Zane Lowe’s “Hottest Record,</i></b>” and is streaming exclusively via <b><i>Idolator</i></b></span><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">.</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.idolator.com/7583178/the-wombats-give-me-a-try-idolator-song-premiere">PRESS HERE</a><span style="color:black"> TO LISTEN</span></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">.
</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Produced by
<b>Mark</b> <b>Crew</b> (<b>Bastille</b>) with <b>The</b> <b>Wombats</b>, <b>“Give Me A Try”</b> is taken from the band’s upcoming album
<b><i>Glitterbug</i></b> that will be released on <b>April</b> <b>14<sup>th</sup> via Bright Antenna Records.
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</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">album’s themes were inspired by core songwriter and frontman
<b>Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy’s </b>experiences in <b>Los</b> <b>Angeles</b>. Drawn to the city’s mix of
<i>“opulence and anxiety,”</i> his<b> </b>songwriting for the LP focused upon the idea of writing about a tumultuous relationship with a fictional woman from
<b>LA. “Give Me A Try” </b>reflects how<b> Murph</b>’s<b> </b>fictional ideas evolved into real life concerns when he started dating a seemingly unattainable woman from the city.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">“I really love that song,” says
<b>Murph</b>. “It’s special to me because it has a far more positive outlook than what you’ve heard from us in the past.”</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">The album’s first single
<b>“Greek Tragedy” </b>heralded an impressive return for the trio. The single peaked at
<b>#2 on <i>Hype Machine’s Popular Chart</i></b>, landed <b>#1 </b>on <b><i>Spotify’s Global Viral Chart</i></b>, was chosen as a
<b><i>Radio 1</i> <i>Track of the Day</i></b> as well as <b><i>XFM’s</i></b><i> <b>
Record of the Week</b></i>. The track’s soundcloud link and </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MHmx9nvHqU"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">music video</span></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">,
which stars British actress <b>April Pearson</b>, has been played and viewed over a million times.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Completed by<b>
</b>bassist <b>Tord Øverland Knudsen</b> and drummer <b>Dan</b> <b>Haggis, The Wombats
</b>have already played a series of intimate underplay shows ahead of the release of<i> Glitterbug</i><b>.
</b>Their upcoming live schedule includes extensive shows across mainland <b>Europe</b>; a
<b>UK</b> tour that’s already entirely sold-out; and a month-long <b>North</b> <b>
American</b> tour. Full list of dates below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/glitterbug-deluxe-version/id955812139">PRESS HERE</a> to pre-order
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">For press inquiries on THE WOMBATS</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> <b>please contact:</b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">PRESS HERE<br>
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black">Tasya Swisko // </span><a href="mailto:tasya@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">tasya@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif;color:black"> <br>
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