A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation — The Wombats

A frantic, high-energy celebration of social failure and romantic neurosis.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks · 42m

Tales of Girls, Boys & Marsupials

1:10

Kill the Director

2:42

Moving to New York

3:31

Lost in the Post

3:06

Party in a Forest (Where’s Laura?)

3:27

School Uniforms

3:14

Here Comes the Anxiety

2:31

Let’s Dance to Joy Division

3:11

Backfire at the Disco

3:13

Little Miss Pipedream

4:12

Dr Suzanne Mattox PhD

3:32

Patricia the Stripper

4:01

My First Wedding

4:35

Moments Worth Listening For

The explosive transition from the ironic glockenspiel intro into the frantic guitar riff of Kill the Director.

The euphoric, irony-drenched group chant of 'everything is going wrong' during the climax of Let's Dance to Joy Division.

The sudden, vulnerable drop in tempo during the bridge of Moving to New York before the final chaotic chorus.

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