Friday 1/14/22 9pm ET: Wombats – Fix Yourself, Not the World (2022)

Fix Yourself, Not the World is the fifth studio album by British rock band the Wombats, released on January 14, 2022. It was preceded by the singles “Method to the Madness”, “If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming with You”, “Ready for the High”, and “Everything I Love Is Going to Die”. The album will be supported by a UK arena tour from April 2022.

The album began when all members were together in Los Angeles in 2019 and wrote several songs. It was then recorded remotely during several COVID-19 lockdowns beginning in 2020, with each band member in a different location: Matthew Murphy in Los Angeles, bassist Tord Øverland Knudsen in Oslo and drummer Dan Haggis in London. They made a plan each day before separately recording their parts and sending them on to the producers. Haggis said that the band “explored new genres and pushed ourselves further than ever musically” on the album.

  1. “Flip Me Upside Down” 3:13
  2. “This Car Drives All by Itself” 4:45
  3. “If You Ever Leave, I’m Coming with You” 2:49
  4. “Ready for the High” 4:05
  5. “Method to the Madness” 4:33
  6. “People Don’t Change People, Time Does” 3:01
  7. “Everything I Love Is Going to Die” 3:20
  8. “Work Is Easy, Life Is Hard” 3:16
  9. “Wildfire” 3:29
  10. “Don’t Poke the Bear” 3:07
  11. “Worry” 3:10
  12. “Fix Yourself, Then the World (Reach Beyond Your Fingers)” 1:43