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Returning, just in time for a Christmas treat, The Wombats have shared a third offering from their forthcoming sixth studio album Oh! The Ocean, out 21st February 2025 via AWAL unveiling the deeply relatable My Head Is Not My Friend. Speaking on the track Murph says, “'My Head Is Not My Friend' is a song about the idea that maybe I don't actually have my best interests at heart.” The track itself serves as another exciting taste of what's to come with catchy guitar melodies and soaring choruses. Sharing more details on the recording of the new album he goes on to say: “I’ve been to many beaches and seas and coasts over the years but for some reason it felt like the first time I had ever seen it and was truly present. There was this revelation that I had been living a life caught up in my own head, or in some kind of racing helmet or with blinkers on. It was really a potent experience. I felt like I saw everything new for the first time, and was aware that I had been so selfish to not take in how crazy the world and life is. I’d been caught up in my own BS for way too long. The album offers up some internal questions like: why are my head and body disconnected all the time? Why am I incapable at times of seeing any form of beauty in the world or in others? Why do I expect the world to conform to my will? Why do I never stop and smell the flowers?” Take a listen to the new single below.

The Wombats - Oh! The Ocean Tracklist: 

1. Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come

2. Can't Say No

3. Blood On The Hospital Floor

4. Kate Moss

5. Gut Punch

6. My Head Is Not My Friend

7. I Love America And She Hates Me

8. The World's Not Out To Get Me, I Am

9. Grim Reaper

10. Reality Is A Wild Ride

11. Swerve (101)

12. Lobster

The Wombats - UK Tour Dates: 

18 March - Nottingham Motorpoint Arena

19 March - London The O2

21 March - Cardiff Utilita Arena

23 March - Manchester AO Arena

25 March - Glasgow OVO Hydro

26 March - Leeds First Direct Arena

The Wombats - EU Tour Dates

28 March - France, Paris, Le Trabendo

30 March - Netherlands, Tilburg, 013 Tilburg

31 March - Netherlands, Amsterdam, Paradiso

01 April - Germany, Cologne, E-Werk

03 April - Germany, Munich, Theaterfabrik

04 April - Switzerland, Zurich, Komplex 457

05 April - Czech Republic, Prague, Archa +

07 April - Germany, Berlin, Columbiahalle 

08 April - Germany, Munster, Jovel Music Hall

10 April - Norway, Oslo, Rockefeller Music Hall

11 April - Denmark, Copenhagen, Pumpehuset

12 April - Sweden, Stockholm, Vasateatern

15 April- Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Den Atelier

16 April - Belgium, Brussels, Botanique