The viral success on TikTok of Oliver Nelson’s remix of The Wombats 2015 hit “Greek Tragedy” has brought in a whole new group of fans from a new generation, with over 30 million streams on a platform that was not around when they first debuted Glitterbug in 2015. The Wombats have been revising what indie music can be since Proudly Presents… A Guide to Love, Loss & Depression (2007). Now as they prepare for their new album, each single shows us that the band still have the electricity that they first brought with them as a new band.

Following the announcement of their headlining European tour in May 2022, indie hitmakers The Wombats release “Ready For The High”. This is the latest single from, their fifth studio album, Fix Yourself, Not The World- due to release on 7th January 2022. An album made in the deep of lockdown over zoom.

The track comes after the singles “Method to the Madness” and “If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming with You”, some of their best quality 7-inches to date. The track comes with a video of the band playing the song, which captured the excitement of their famous live shows; like their recent appearance at Reading and Leeds and Neighbourhood Weekender. Frontman Matthew “Murph” Murphy had this to say: ‘’Ready for the High’ is a 90’s inspired track that I was excited to toss a load of trumpets into. The song is about being engulfed in a bad place, but rather than accepting this as immutable, acknowledging that it is only temporary and that better times are closer than they (currently) appear.”.

The Wombats have accompanied their latest single with a steller European tour, and additional dates in the UK due to high demand. With appearances at London’s O2, Paris’ La Machine Du Moulin Rouge, and even Rockefeller Music Hall in Oslo- to name a few of the incredible shows lined up for next year.

UK Arena Tour Dates:

14/04/22 – First Direct Arena- Leeds
15/04 – The O2- London
16/04 – Motorpoint Arena- Cardiff
18/04- Barrowland Ballroom- Glasgow
19/04- Barrowland Ballroom- Glasgow
21/04- Mountford Hall- Liverpool
22/04 – Mountford Hall- Liverpool
23/04 – Mountford Hall- Liverpool
26/04 – Open Air Theatre- Scarborough

Followed by a leg in Europe:

29/04/22 – La Machine Du Moulin Rouge- Paris
01/05 Carlswerk Victoria- Cologne
02/05 – Übel & Gefährlich- Hamburg
04/05 – Slaktkyrkan- Stockholm
05/05 – Rockefeller Music Hall- Oslo
06/05 – DR Koncerthuset- Copenhagen
07/05 – Huxley’s Neue Welt- Berlin
09/05 – Gasometer- Vienna
10/05 – Backstage Werk- Munich
12/05 – Estragon- Bologna
13/05 – Fabrique- Milan
14/05 Komplex 457- Zurich
16/05 – De Roma- Antwerp
17/05 – Paradiso- Amsterdam
18/05 – De Oosterpoort- Groningen
19/05 – TivoliVredenburg- Utrecht

Fix Yourself, Not The World tracklist:

1. Flip Me Upside Down
2. This Car Drives All By Itself
3. If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming With You
4. Ready For The High
5. Method to the Madness
6. People Don’t Change People, Time Does
7. Everything I Love Is Going To Die
8. Work Is Easy, Life Is Hard
9. Wildfire
10. Don’t Poke The Bear
11. Worry
12. Fix Yourself, Then The World (Reach Beyond Your Fingers)

Photo credit: Tom Oxley