The Wombats? The Wombats! Nearly two decades in, the Liverpool trio has honed in on an eminently catchy and danceable version of alternative rock, the kind of thinly veiled pop that can come off as saccharine, cynical, and unlistenable in the wrong hands. It&#8217;s a dangerous line they walk &#8212; the one between artful, dynamic…

Album Of The Week: The Wombats Fix Yourself, Not The World

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