It has been confirmed that The Wombats have secured this week’s UK number one album. The group’s recently released album Fix Yourself marks the band’s first number one album. The indie rockers chart-topping release also achieved great success within physical chart sales, as 86% of the album’s total sales were on physical copies. The impressive sales figure makes the album this week’s best-selling physical release. The group took to Instagram to share the good news with fans.
The group spoke to OfficialCharts.com concerning their win, “Number 1 in the UK! Thank you so much. This is a proper career milestone. Thank you to everyone who helped us make the album; to everyone who bought the album, streamed it. This is pretty surreal. Here’s to making ‘indie landfill’ great again!”
The group’s number one album was released on 14th January 2022 via British label AWAL and has already sired four singles. The LP’s most recent single entitled “Everything I Love Is Going To Die” was released on 15th November 2021, an accompanied music video was also released with the track. Lead vocalist Matthew Murphy gave the following description for the single, “The song is about the impermanence of life, and with that in mind, the beauty of each passing second, Everything I Love… Key line for me is ‘Icarus was my best friend, so I’m gonna make him proud in the end‘, which I guess is a playful take on living life to its fullest even though the consequences of that might be dire. Certainly not a call to Nihilism, however, but perhaps a call to being present and the joy that can be found in appreciating each moment we find ourselves in.”
The Wombats have achieved chart success with previous releases, with the group having had three consecutive albums placed within the top 5. The Liverpool formed rockers first enjoyed chart success with the album This Modern Glitch, released on 25th April 2011 the album placed at number 3 within the UK charts. The band’s third studio album Glitterbug was released on 13th April 2015 and charted at 5 within the UK. The group’s next chart success, Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life, was released on 9th February 2018 and placed at number 3 within the UK album charts.
The group’s debut album also achieved success within the UK charts; A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation was released on 5th November 2007 and reached number 11 within the album charts. With other 300,00-unit sales, the album was certified Platinum within the United Kingdom. The group’s first album included some of the genre and era’s most popular singles, “Backfire at the Disco” was released on 9th April 2007 and “Let’s Dance to Joy Division” was released on 8th October 2007.
Elsewhere within the charts this week, last week’s number one album Dawn FM by The Weeknd has dropped three places to number 4. Despite its fall in the charts, the single has retained the title of the most streamed album of the week. At number two is Equals by Ed Sheeran, the singer’s fifth studio album was released on 29th October 2021 and peaked at number one within the UK album charts.
One of last year’s most successful albums places at number 3 within the album charts, 30 by Adele has retained chart success since its release. At number five is a brand-new entry, Fragments by Bonobo was released on 14th January 2022 via Ninja Tune and is the British artist’s seventh studio album. The release has been named as this week’s most downloaded album; the chart placement is Bonobo’s second top 5 album. The multi-talented musician’s previous release sired his first top 5 album, Migration was released on 13th January 2017 and included the lead single “Kerala”.
The Wombats are set to hit the road in support of their new album this Spring, the band will start the UK leg of their headlining tour in April. After a 9 date tour across the UK, the band will start the tour’s European dates on 29th April 2022 with a performance in Paris. The group will return to the UK for festival appearances at Sheffield’s Tramlines 2022 and Cumbria’s Kendal Calling 2022.
The Wombats UK tour dates:
12/04/2022 – Pryzm – Kingston Upon Thames
14/04 – First Direct Arena – Leeds
15/04 – The O2 – London
16/04 – Motorpoint Arena Cardiff – Cardiff
18/04 – Barrowland – Glasgow
19/04 – Barrowland – Glasgow
21/04 – Liverpool Guild Of Students – Mountford Hall – Liverpool
22/04 – Liverpool Guild Of Students – Mountford Hall – Liverpool
23/04 – Liverpool Guild Of Students – Mountford Hall – Liverpool
22-24/07 – Tramlines 2022 – Sheffield
28-31/07 – Kendal Calling 2022 – Penrith
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