Where are the wombats band from
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The wombats controversy...
There are two artists that share this name:
1) The Wombats (TWB) is a three-piece indie band which formed in 2003 in Liverpool, England. The band consists of Matthew Murphy (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass, vocals) and Dan Haggis (drums, vocals).
Murphy and Haggis are native Liverpudlians and Øverland-Knudsen is Norwegian. The members met while they were students at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA). The band has released five albums, "A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation" (2007) and "This Modern Glitch" (2011), “Glitterbug” (2015) , “Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life” (2018) and "Fix Yourself, Not The World" (2022).
The wombats ageTheir sixth album "Oh! The Ocean" has the release date set for 21st February, 2025, and the first single “Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want To Come” was released in October 8th, 2024.
Early Years 2003 - 2006
The three met at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.
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