The Wombats will release their new album, Oh! The Ocean, will arrive on February 21st  via AWAL. The album is the follow-up to 2022’s Fix Yourself Not The World. The Band’s forthcoming LP, is described as a record, that trembles with the confessional emotional honesty. Today, the band are giving fans an advanced taste of the album with “Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come” here and watch the video, directed by Logan Fields here:

Oh! The Ocean was recorded Echo Park, LA, in July 2024 for six weeks of sessions with producer John Congleton (St Vincent, Wallows, Death Cab for Cutie). The result? An album pulsing with the rhythms of social anxiety, inner turmoil, compulsive behaviors, and the highs and lows of Los Angeles life—which frontman Matthew “Murph” Murphy now calls home. Beneath the band’s deceptively playful exterior, Murph has long been candid about his struggles with anxiety, depression, and addiction (he’s now “sober as hell”). On Oh! The Ocean, there’s a palpable sense of growth, as Murph confronts, accepts, and learns to cope with these battles. The album’s title stems from a transformative moment during a family trip to the beach that left a lasting impact on him.

Speaking on the experience, Murph says: “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?”

The Wombats
Oh! The Ocean
Tracklist:
AWAL

Sorry I’m Late, I Didn’t Want To Come
Can’t Say No
Blood On The Hospital Floor
Kate Moss
Gut Punch
My Head Is Not My Friend
I Love America And She Hates Me
The World’s Not Out To Get Me, I Am
Grim Reaper
Reality Is A Wild Ride
Swerve (101)
Lobster

The Wombats – UK Tour Dates:

March 18 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
March 19 – The O2, London
March 21 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff
March 22 – AO Arena, Manchester
March 25 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow
March 26 – First Direct Arena, Leeds

Pre-order Oh! The Ocean by The Wombats HERE