Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Zak Starkey ‘surprised and saddened’ after exit from The Who

Zak Starkey feels "surprised and saddened" following his sudden exit from The Who. The drummer parted ways with Roger...

Latest Posts

Lola Young leads Ivor Novello nominations

Lola Young leads the list of nominees for the Ivor Novello Awards. The 24-year-old singer has been nominated for...

Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 2025 American Music Awards

Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 2025 American Music Awards with 10 nods. The rap megastar's 2024 LP...

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody producer Roy Thomas Baker dead at 78

Queen's producer Roy Thomas Baker has died aged 78. The studio wizard was best known for his lengthy working...

MARINA unveils tracklisting for new album Princess of Power

MARINA has unveiled the tracklisting for her forthcoming album, 'Princess of Power'. The 39-year-old singer - who previously released...

The Wombats’ Matthew Murphy starting new band

The Wombats frontman Matthew Murphy is starting a new band.
The 33-year-old musician has written 20 songs for his new project, which is as-yet untitled, and has hinted he might use some of the unpublished material from the ‘Tokyo’ hitmakers’ latest fourth studio album, ‘Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life’.
He said: "It would be nice to say it when it’s all finalised and ready, but I’ve got 20 songs and it’s gonna be a new band.
"There were some songs left over from [The Wombats’ new album] that we didn’t use and I was like, ‘They’re really good, they should see the light of day somehow.’ But since then there’s been a load more and they’ve been parked, but we’ll see what happens."
While news of Matthew’s new band may concern some fans about The Wombats’ future, he confirmed the ‘Let’s Dane to Joy Division’ hitmakers will be heading into the studio "early next year" to work on their fifth studio album.
He is not yet sure what direction the group – also made up of Dan Haggis and Tord Øverland Knudsen – will go in for their new record, and hinted they might even make a country album.
He added to NME: "There’s something about the way this new one sounds.
"I enjoyed making an organic album that wasn’t at the whim of production wizardry or head-f***ing yourself with synthesizers for weeks on end.
"I just liked making great songs and doing them in this guitar-y world, and I feel like that’s the path we should be going down rather than anything else.
"But I don’t know, it could be a country album for all I know at this moment."
Last month, The Wombats revealed they have teamed up with model-and-actress Suki Waterhouse on a track, which they hope to release later this year.
Matthew said: "I wrote a song with Suki in LA. It was a good, fun evening.
"Her voice is really cool. She’s busy so I’m not sure what the plan is. Hopefully it will be one for release soon."

Latest Posts

Lola Young leads Ivor Novello nominations

Lola Young leads the list of nominees for the Ivor Novello Awards. The 24-year-old singer has been nominated for...

Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 2025 American Music Awards

Kendrick Lamar leads the nominations for the 2025 American Music Awards with 10 nods. The rap megastar's 2024 LP...

Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody producer Roy Thomas Baker dead at 78

Queen's producer Roy Thomas Baker has died aged 78. The studio wizard was best known for his lengthy working...

MARINA unveils tracklisting for new album Princess of Power

MARINA has unveiled the tracklisting for her forthcoming album, 'Princess of Power'. The 39-year-old singer - who previously released...

Don't Miss

Bobby Brown blasts Britney Spears’ ‘butchered’ cover of My Prerogative

Bobby Brown says Britney Spears "butchered" her cover of his song 'My Prerogative'. Britney, 43, recorded her own version...

Kneecap, Jehnny Beth, Bambie Thug and more set for Glastonbury’s Shangri-La

Kneecap, Savages' Jehnny Beth, Bambie Thug, Fatboy Slim and more will play Glastonbury's Shangri-La area. The world-famous music festival...

Wolf Alice hint new album is on the way as band prepare for Glastonbury

Wolf Alice appear to have suggested a new album is on the way. The Ellie Rowsell-fronted indie band haven't...

Post Malone and Morgan Wallen announce new collaboration I Ain’t Coming Back

Post Malone and Morgan Wallen are teaming up again on the new song 'I Ain't Coming Back'. After the...

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon reveals Taylor Swift’s Folklore and Evermore collaborations were Big Red Machine demos originally

Taylor Swift's 2020 'Folklore' and 'Evermore' collaborations started life as demos for Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and The National's Aaron Dessner's indie...

Stay in touch

To be updated with all the latest news, offers and special announcements.