The Wombats kick off the most exciting phase of their constantly evolving success story today with the announcement of their fifth studio album Fix Yourself Not The World due for release on 7th January 2022 via AWAL Alongside this the indie heroes have revealed plans for a five date headline UK arena tour in April 2022 playing massive nights in Leeds Glasgow Cardiff and Liverpool as well as their biggest ever headline show at The O2 London on 15th April Tickets will go on sale from 9am BST on 20th AugustThe announcement comes accompanied by a brand new single If You Ever Leave Im Coming With You which is BBC Radio 1s Future Sounds Hottest Record In The WorldRecording remotely over the past year from their respective homes the band have been working hard to produce some of the most captivating inventive and forward-thinking music of their career to date With frontman Matthew Murph Murphy in Los Angeles bassist Tord verland Knudsen in Oslo and drummer Dan Haggis in London they discussed each days plan via Zoom then recorded separately sending individual files to producers Jacknife Lee (U2 The Killers) Gabe Simon (Dua Lipa Lana Del Rey) Paul Meaney (Twenty One Pilots Nothing But Thieves) Mark Crew (Bastille RagnBone Man) and Mike Crossey (The 1975 The War on Drugs Yungblud) to mix into the finished tracks It was pure madness to be honest explains MurphWere so excited for people to hear this new album! Weve explored new genres and pushed ourselves further than ever musically It will always stand out for us in our memories from our other albums as we recorded it across three cities during lockdown and we werent all in the same room at the same time! says Dan HaggisTracklist1 Flip Me Upside Down2 This Car Drives All By Itself3 If You Ever Leave Im Coming With You4 Ready For The High5 Method to the Madness6 People Dont Change People Time Does7 Everything I Love Is Going To Die8 Work Is Easy Life Is Hard9 Wildfire10 Dont Poke The Bear11 Worry12 Fix Yourself Then The World (Reach Beyond Your Fingers)