- 2024-11-22
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MUSIC
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The Wombats Releases New Song “Blood On The Hospital Floor”
British alt-pop band The Wombats, consisting of Matthew Murphy (vocals/guitar), Tord Øverland Knudsen (bass), and Dan Haggis (drums), released the second single called “Blood On The Hospital Floor” from their upcoming sixth studio album “Oh! The Ocean” on November 21, 2024.
The new album is set to be released on February 14, 2025 via AWAL Recordings.
The song is accompanied by the James Slater-directed music video.
The track was written by Daniel Haggis, Matthew Edward Murphy, and Tord Overland Knudsen. Produced by The Wombats and John Congleton.
The band lead singer Matthew Murphy said of the song, “The idea behind 'Blood On The Hospital Floor' is that things that seem difficult in life can often have a simple solution. Things are not always as bad as they may first seem. The analogy is to mopping up blood on the hospital floor - cleaning up the mess and moving on.”- The new album comprises 12 songs, produced by The Wombats and John Congleton.
It is their first album in three years since the 2022 album “Fix Yourself, Not the World”.
The band wrote 50 songs for the album and recorded over six weeks with producer John Congleton in Echo Park, Los Angeles this summer.
The album title is inspired by a revelatory trip to the beach Matthew Murphy took on a family holiday. -
Matthew Murphy said of the album, “I've been to many beaches and seas and coasts over the years but for some reason it felt like the first time I had ever seen it and was truly present. There was this revelation that I had been living a life caught up in my own head, or in some kind of racing helmet or with blinkers on. It was really a potent experience. I felt like I saw everything new for the first time, and was aware that I had been so selfish to not take in how crazy the world and life is. I'd been caught up in my own BS for way too long. The album offers up some internal questions like: why are my head and body disconnected all the time? Why am I incapable at times of seeing any form of beauty in the world or in others? Why do I expect the world to conform to my will? Why do I never stop and smell the flowers?”
Photo by Julia Friedland-Godfrey - source : Apple Music
