The Wombats - Proudly Present... A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation (15TH An niversary Edition) - VINYL LP

On their debut self-titled album, Women embraced sonic brashness that with deeper examination revealed to be tinted with sly pop melody. With Public Strain the band honed a sound truthful to that reverb-drenched noise while allowing the pop sensibilities to surface into clearer focus. The band are often compared to classic acts such as the Velvet Underground and the Zombies. From the opening strains of InchCan't You SeeInch it's clear that the album is far more than just a continuation of their debut. Resting upon Matt Flegel's plodding bass line, Patrick Flegel's deadpan vocal delivery, and Chris Reimer on bowed guitars and cello, this moody, nocturnal ballad opens the album on a dark note. This exact balance of delicate and dense is a pervasive thread throughout the album, reflecting the contradiction of the band's environment buried in urban sprawl framed by prairie landscape. Whether twisting through the urgent krautrock of InchLocust Valley,Inch an exercise of harmony through simplicity, or climaxing with the bittersweet melody of InchEyesore,Inch the album somehow builds luminous contrast out of a palette of grays. Public Strain cycles through insomnia, paranoia, resignation and euphoria, to capture a band with an undeniable voice coming into full awareness of their craft. Album Tracks 1. Can't You See 2. Heat Distraction 3. Narrow with the Hall 4. Penal Colony 5. Bells 6. China Steps 7. Untogether 8. Drag Open 9. Locust Valley 10. Venice Lockjaw 11. Eyesore

Double colored vinyl LP pressing. Limited expanded 10th-anniversary pressing which contains the original album pressed on sky blue colored vinyl. The also includes a bonus LP featuring all 12 B-sides from the 'Jump Into The Fog', 'Anti-D', 'Techno Fan', and 'Our Perfect Disease' singles pressed on golden sand colored vinyl. Includes two art prints featuring the album cover plus the alternative cover shot that featured on the original deluxe boxset at the time.

Vinyl LP pressing. 2020 . Recorded over the course of a year with producer/engineer Richard Wilkinson (Bombay Bicycle Club, Lianne La Havas, Honne) at his studio in Tufnell Park, The Love That You Want is the confident sound of a duo working at the top of their game, pushing each other to create a truly special album that should take the highly successful yet somewhat still undiscovered Oxford musician to much broader audience. Aside from the strings, Lewis and Richard play every instrument on the album.