Released 13 April 2015 Artist The Wombats Label 14th Floor Records | Length 39:31 Release date 13 April 2015 | |
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Producer Mark Crew and The Wombats Genres Indie rock, Synth-pop, Post-punk, New wave Similar The Wombats albums, Indie rock albums | ||
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Glitterbug is the third studio album by English indie rock band The Wombats. The album was produced by Bastille producer Mark Crew alongside the band themselves and was released on 13 April 2015. The first single from the album, "Your Body Is a Weapon", was released on iTunes on 2 October 2013 in the United Kingdom and 3 December in the United States. This was followed by "Greek Tragedy", "Give Me a Try", "Be Your Shadow" and "Emoticons". To celebrate the album's release, the Glitterbug B Sides EP was released on the same day. The album entered the UK charts at #5 and reached #2 in Australia, as well as charting at #91 in the US, becoming the band's first to appear in the Billboard 200. The band is supporting the album with their Glitterbug Tour 2015.
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Reception
Glitterbug has received generally positive reviews from critics, with XFM describing it as "outstanding" and "full of wit, heart and huge singalong choruses". It has also been described as The Wombats' "finest album to date". Rolling Stone gave the album a positive review, singling out "The English Summer" and "Isabel" as "terrific". Renowned for Sound claims that The Wombats "don't step wrong once, with every song having a particular merit to it that makes it worth repeating again and again." In Your Speakers said Matthew Murphy's vocals have "never sounded better". Rebecca M. Williams of Exclaim! wrote that "while their approach is a little aggressive at times, making it a little too much to take in at once, Glitterbug is full of tracks that prove there's no reason not to indulge in it." However, Michael Hann from the The Guardian described the album as "desperately un-involving."
Glitterbug was named one of the best 30 albums of 2015 by Radio X.
Track listing
All tracks written by Matthew Murphy.
Songs
1Emoticons4:19
2Give Me a Try3:48
3Greek Tragedy3:29