The Wombats on ‘Methodology To The Insanity’ and taking part in The O2

The Wombats have instructed NME the total story behind their new single ‘Methodology To The Insanity’, and the way they’re gearing up for the most important gig of their profession at The O2 Enviornment subsequent yr. Watch our video interview above.

The Liverpool band promise to play “all their hits” on the mammoth present subsequent yr, which sees them tackling the South London venue on Friday April 15.

However the one-off date may also see them providing a glimpse at new materials, having debuted their newest single ‘Methodology To The Insanity‘ final week.

Describing the observe, frontman Matthew ‘Murph’ Murphy instructed NME: “When that tune got here round, we thought it was so particular, a special change of tempo and a special fashion for us. , as quickly as we’d launched the demo we simply thought it was a tune we might launch out of the blue at any time and make a very cool visible to go alongside it.

“It was an oddball tune for us and one thing that might stand alone, in order that’s how we’ve handled it.”

He added: “It’s a pleasant weapon to have in our arsenal, and taking folks without warning is one thing you wish to implement once you get to your fourth or fifth album.”

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The band initially recorded the observe’s demo at Murph’s LA dwelling studio in 2019, however the results of the COVID-19 pandemic meant that bandmates Tord Øverland Knudsen and Dan Haggis had been in the end compelled to report their elements remotely in London during the last yr.

“It’s been fairly psychological, however I used to be out right here in LA with an engineer and Dan and Tord had been in London. We recorded it in 2019, however we’ve saved quite a lot of parts from the demo and that meant it was one of many best songs to do,” stated Murph.

And as for that present at The O2, The Wombats say that they’re planning to drag out all of the stops for his or her largest present thus far.

“We’re gonna have to verify it’s very particular and it’s going to be an incredible night time. It’s an awesome achievement, however one which feels deserved,” he stated. “At Wembley [their 2019 show] we flew our tour supervisor off the stage in a Wombat swimsuit, so we’ll should discover a approach to outdo that.”

The present will come 15 years after their 2007 debut ‘A Information to Love, Loss & Desperation’, however Murph says that the band’s fixed touring and work ethic has allowed them to progress to large arenas.

“We’ve all the time had nice folks round us and we all the time went fairly arduous exterior the UK and also you want help to have the ability to try this all over the world,” he stated. “The second factor is that we’re very decided, nearly to our detriment typically. We are able to block the world out and there’s that aspect of arduous work.”

He continued: “I’d prefer to suppose there’s one thing bizarre concerning the lyrics and melodies I write too, which stood us other than the opposite bands and acts that we got here up with. I’ve by no means actually tried to dumb it down for the sake of economic success.

“The way in which I see the whole lot now could be that industrial success is nice, however I would like us in ten years to be a band just like the Pixies, the place it’s going to be round for a very long time.”

The Wombats play The O2 Enviornment on April 15 2022.