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Just as comedy actors, no matter how massive their crowd-draw or how enjoyable their movies, stand a popsicle-in-Hell’s chance of ever winning an Oscar, it’s virtually unthinkable that the second album from Liverpool’s The Wombats will grace the higher echelons of any end-of-year polls or the Mercury shortlist. They cross too many boxes: they’re shamelessly radio-friendly and insanely melodic, they have a wacky name and they’re simply too popular/ist to garner much of a credible critical vote. On the contrary, that scraping sound you can hear is the widespread music media dragging their shovels towards This Modern Glitch intending to bury (largely unheard and with extreme prejudice) the leading exponents of what the trolls have deemed “landfill indie”. The Wombats will never have the cult kudos of a Sufjan Stevens, the culture buzz of a Jessie J or the critical awe of an Arcade Fire or Radiohead. But for the flagrant pop thrill-seeker (judging by this incredible, irrepressible, ecstatic, brilliant record) neither will they ever disappoint. Don’t believe the anti-hype: pop album of the year, by at least a dozen choruses.

ARTIST: The Wombats
TITLE: This Modern Glitch
LABEL: 14th Floor
RELEASE DATE: April 26, 2011
TIME: 40:38 min.
WEB: http://www.thewombats.co.uk/

01. Our Perfect Disease [03:44]
02. Tokyo (vampires and wolves) [03:46]
03. Jump Into the Fog [03:52]
04. Anti-D [04:41]
05. Last Night I Dreamt… [03:33]
06. Techno Fan [03:59]
07. 1996 [04:20]
08. Walking Disaster [04:17]
09. Girls/Fast Cars [03:36]
10. Schumacher the Champagne [04:50]

The Wombats - Anti-D

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