Album Review: Oh! The Ocean by The Wombats

The Liverpool trio prove there's (some) life after indie obscurity Scroll through The Wombats' Spotify page, and you'll be recommended a range of their mid-2000s contemporaries that were cruelly dubbed 'landfill indie': The Pigeon Detectives, The Kooks, Scouting For Girls, &c. As is the way of cultural trends, this particular wave sits at an awkward moment in which they're too recent to feel retro, yet too dated to seem relevant. Give it another decade, and they'll be headlining ’00s nostalgia festivals, much like their Britpop predecessors are today.

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The Wombats – that’s Matthew Murphy, Tord Øverland Knudsen, and Dan Haggis – have, rather remarkably, been prolific since breaking through the proverbial hype with2007 debut, ‘A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation ', home to the smash hits ‘Moving To New York ' and ‘Let's Dance To Joy Division '. Almost two decades on, the Liverpool trio return with their first LP since 2022 – their sixth collection, ‘Oh! The Ocean'. Opener, ‘Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come', sets things up in fine fashion with a bass-driven intro inviting a fierce groove.

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