You’ve probably heard their ode to Joy Division on the radio and have already earmarked The Wombats as this summer’s poptastic discovery – well prepare to see them in action when the Liverpool lads hit Australian shores this March for a whistle stop East Coast tour…

Since joining forces after a meeting at Paul Mc Cartney’s Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts in 2003, Murph, Dan and Viking have been cutting a swathe through the dancehalls of London earning fans across the board with their energetic sounds

This year after much umming and ahhing the trio finally released their debut album, The Wombats proudly present…A Guide to Love, Loss and Desperation produced by Stephen Harris (Kaiser Chiefs, Ben Kweller) and mixed by Rich Costey (Muse, Interpol, Franz Ferdinand), with the single Let’s Dance To Joy Division quickly earning them chart success.

The album’s energetic dancey tracks are sure to be crowd pleasers when they band land down under next autumn. Tickets on sale Thursday December 13.

The Wombats tour dates:

THURSDAY 6th MARCH
HI FI, MELBOURNE
9654 7617

FRIDAY 7th MARCH
THE ZOO, BRISBANE
1300 762 545

SATURDAY 8th MARCH
THE FACTORY, SYDNEY
9550 3666

A Guide to Love Loss and Desperation is out now through Warner