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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'><img width=216 height=46 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CBF3A1.ED773D50" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CBF39E.22641DC0"></span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Wombats Proudly Present …THE WOMBATIZER!!! </span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Use “the Wombatizer” to take over any website and hunt for Wombats trips and prizes!</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><u><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Check out 60-second Youtube clips for each album track from “The Modern Glitch” starting today! </span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><img width=303 height=310 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CBF3A1.ED773D50" alt="cid:image002.jpg@01CBF39E.22641DC0"></span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>In anticipation of the <b>April 26 </b>release of <b>The Wombats’ </b>highly anticipated sophomore album, <b><i>The Wombats proudly present … This Modern Glitch </i></b>(<b>Bright Antenna/ILG),</b> the Liverpool trio is offering “<b>The Wombatizer,”</b> (</span><a href="http://wombatizer.com" target="_blank" title="http://wombatizer.com">http://wombatizer.com</a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> ) which can be used to “hijack” any website and hunt for Wombats-related competitions and prizes. You can find out how to use the site as well what some of these prizes ar</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>e --</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> from a trip to see the band live in Barcelona to T-shirts and CD giveaways to tickets to their album launch party in London</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> --</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> here: <b>The Wombats proudly present … The Wombatizer: </b></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:blue'><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDZlvpXM-iE" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDZlvpXM-iE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDZlvpXM-iE</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> (<b>*Note: </b></span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Wombatizer </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>and <b>Youtube clips</b> include links to the UK pre-order; U.S. fans can scroll down and use the links given below.) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>The Wombats’</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> Youtube channel is also offering access to 60-second clips for each album track from <b><i>The Modern Glitch</i></b>: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWOMBATS">http://www.youtube.com/user/TheWOMBATS</a>. </span><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>The album’s </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>10 tracks retain the immediacy and hook-filled sensibility of their stunning UK platinum-selling debut, 2007’s <b><i>The Wombats proudly present … Guide To Love, Loss And Desperation,</i></b> while introducing aggressive dance elements and a heavier, wryer lyrical bent to their infectious alt-pop. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>With proven singles such as “Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves), Top 20 in the UK, and the gloriously arranged, epic track “Anti-D,” with its confession lyrics concerning frontman <b>Matthew “Murph” Murphy’s</b> dealings with depression and antidepressants, <b><i>This Modern Glitch </i></b>introduces us to a mature confident band whose catchy club-friendly sing-alongs actually have something “real” to say.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>The Wombats</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> are currently on a sold-out UK tour and have confirmed appearances at <b>V Festival, Lovebox, Lowlands, Pukkelpop, Hurricane and</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Southside festivals </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>as well as three special US dates, listed below. Stay tuned to this space for US Tour announcements </span><cite><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0070C0;font-style:normal'><a href="http://">http://</a></span></u></b></cite><cite><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#0070C0'><a href="http://www.thewombats.co.uk" target="_blank"><span style='font-style:normal'>www.thewombats.co.uk</span></a></span></u></b></cite><cite><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>. </span></cite><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Recorded at<b> </b>NRG Recording Studios in Los Angeles, <b><i>This Modern Glitch</i></b><i> </i>was produced with <b>Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party) </b>and<b> Eric</b> <b>Valentine </b></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>(<b>Queens of the Stone Age, Lostprophets</b>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>,with additional production prowess contributed by super-producers <b>Jacknife Lee</b> (<b>U2, Snow Patrol, R.E.M.</b>), <b>Butch Walker</b> <b>(Fall Out Boy, The Donnas, Weezer). </b>Catch Liverpool’s biggest musical export in over a decade on one of these special US dates: </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><cite><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-style:normal'>The Wombats</span></u></b></cite><cite><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-style:normal'> <b>upcoming US dates:</b></span></u></cite><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Tue, May 31 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Wed, Jun 1 - Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Fri, Jun 3 - San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw (Popscene) </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:8.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Main physical pre-order, includes Box Set:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><br><a href="http://thewombats.brightantenna.com/">http://thewombats.brightantenna.com/</a><br><br><b>Amazon, CD only:</b><br><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wombats-Proudly-Present-Modern-Glitch/dp/B004PC87NG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1301690855&sr=8-1">http://www.amazon.com/Wombats-Proudly-Present-Modern-Glitch/dp/B004PC87NG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1301690855&sr=8-1</a><br><br><b>iTunes:</b> <br>Standard - <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/the-wombats-proudly-present/id425465249">http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/the-wombats-proudly-present/id425465249</a><br>Deluxe - <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/the-wombats-proudly-present/id428322195">http://itunes.apple.com/us/preorder/the-wombats-proudly-present/id428322195</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><cite><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-style:normal'><a href="http://">http://</a></span></u></b></cite><cite><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.thewombats.co.uk" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;font-style:normal'>www.thewombats.co.uk</span></a> </span></u></b></cite><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><cite><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";font-style:normal'><a href="http://">http://</a></span></u></b></cite><cite><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.myspace.com/thewombatsuk" target="_blank"><span style='color:windowtext;font-style:normal'>www.myspace.com/thewombatsuk</span></a></span></u></b></cite><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://twitter.com/thewombats"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://twitter.com/thewombats</span></a> </span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>For more information, contact: <b>Press Here</b></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Angie Carlson, <a href="mailto:angie@pressherepublicity.com">angie@pressherepublicity.com</a>; 212.246.2640</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Angie Carlson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>PRESS HERE PUBLICITY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>138 W. 25TH ST., 9TH FL.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>NY, NY 10001<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Ph: 212.246.2640<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Fx: 212.582.6513<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>angie@pressherepublicity.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://twitter.com/presshere">http://twitter.com/presshere</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>www.pressherepublicity.com <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>----->For downloadable photos, press kits, releases, bios & tour dates go to our website (all info in the "current roster" section): <br><a href="http://www.pressherepublicity.com/"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.pressherepublicity.com</span></a> <br><a href="http://www.twitter.com/presshere"><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.twitter.com/presshere</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>