Review: Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life

Review: Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life - The Wombats

The Wombats released their new album this week, and I. Am. Obsessed.

They have been teasing the new album since November, gradually releasing new songs, starting with Lemon to a Knife Fight. I was actually really disappointed when they released that song, because I thought they were going to release the whole album that day. Great song though, and as I discovered this week, the rest of the album is just as good.

It's one of those albums that you can listen to the whole way through, on repeat, all day long. There aren't any songs that I find myself skipping, they are all consistently listenable.

It's a short album, with only 37 minutes playing time, but quality over quantity definitely applies. It is what we have come to expect of The Wombats, with the usual witty lyrics, mixed with a great sound, whether it's the softer sounds of I Don't Know Why I Like You But I Do, or the more upbeat Lemon To a Knife Fight.

Seeing them in Sydney a couple of years ago was one of the best concerts I've been to, and I'm so keen to see them when they come back in the middle of this year.

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