This Modern Glitch is the second studio album by British indie band The Wombats

The Wombats

The Wombats are an indie rock band formed in Liverpool, England. The band comprises native Liverpudlians Matthew Murphy and Dan Haggis , alongside Norwegian-born Tord Øverland-Knudsen...

. The album was released in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 on 25 April 2011, with 5 singles preceding it: "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)

Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)

"Tokyo " is a song by from Liverpudlian indie band, The Wombats. It was the first single to be released from their second album This Modern Glitch...

", "Jump Into the Fog

Jump Into the Fog

"Jump Into the Fog" is a single from alternative-pop group The Wombats. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 23 January 2011 as a digital download in extended play form, including three B-sides; "How I Miss Sally Bray", "Valentine" and "Addicted to the Cure"...

", "Anti-D

Anti-D (song)

"Anti-D" is a single from alternative-pop group, The Wombats. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 11 April 2011 as a digital download on The Wombats official site, and 10 April on iTunes including three B-sides; "I'm a Robot Like You", "Dear Hamburg" and "Wonderful Distraction"...

", "Techno Fan

Techno Fan

"Techno Fan" is a single from alternative-pop group, The Wombats. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 5 June 2011 as a digital download on iTunes including three B-sides: "Avalanche", "Trampolining" and "Shock Goodbyes and P45's". This is the 4th single from the album This Modern...

" and "Our Perfect Disease", released on 24 September 2010, 24 January 2011, 11 April 2011 , 20 June 2011 and 14 August 2011 respectively. "1996" has been revealed as the sixth song to be released from the album, set to be released on the 7 of November 2011. Production comes from Rich Costey, Eric Valentine, Butch Walker, Jacknife Lee and the band themselves.

Critical reception

Mark Beaumont of BBC Music gave the album a positive review by saying, Just as comedy actors, no matter how massive their crowd-draw or how enjoyable their movies, stand a popsicle-in-Hell's chance of ever winning an Oscar, it's virtually unthinkable that the second album from Liverpool's The Wombats will grace the higher echelons of any end-of-year polls or the Mercury shortlist. They cross too many boxes – they're shamelessly radio-friendly and insanely melodic, they have a 'wacky' name and they’re simply too popular/ist to garner much of a credible critical vote. On the contrary, that scraping sound you can hear is the widespread music media dragging their shovels towards This Modern Glitch intending to bury – largely unheard and with extreme prejudice – the leading exponents of what the trolls have deemed "landfill indie".

Singles

• "Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
  Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
  "Tokyo " is a song by from Liverpudlian indie band, The Wombats. It was the first single to be released from their second album This Modern Glitch...
  
  " was the first single released from the album, it was released on 24 September 2010. It peaked at number 23 on the UK Singles Chart
  UK Singles Chart
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  , and also charted at number 33 in Australia as well as number 66 in the Netherlands
  Netherlands
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• "Jump Into the Fog
  Jump Into the Fog
  "Jump Into the Fog" is a single from alternative-pop group The Wombats. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 23 January 2011 as a digital download in extended play form, including three B-sides; "How I Miss Sally Bray", "Valentine" and "Addicted to the Cure"...
  
  " was the second single released from the album, it was released on 24 January 2011. It peaked at number 35 on the UK Singles Chart
  UK Singles Chart
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
  
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• "Anti-D" was the third single released from the album, it was released on 11 April 2011. It peaked at number 42 on the UK Singles Chart
  UK Singles Chart
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
  
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• "Techno Fan
  Techno Fan
  "Techno Fan" is a single from alternative-pop group, The Wombats. The single was released in the United Kingdom on 5 June 2011 as a digital download on iTunes including three B-sides: "Avalanche", "Trampolining" and "Shock Goodbyes and P45's". This is the 4th single from the album This Modern...
  
  " was the fourth single released from the album, it was released on 5 June 2011. It peaked at number 60 on the UK Singles Chart
  UK Singles Chart
  The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
  
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• "Our Perfect Disease" is the fifth single released from the album, it was released on 14 August 2011.

• "1996" was the sixth single released from the album on 7 November 2011.

Track listing

The official track listing:

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak Position
Australian Albums Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	2
Austrian Albums Chart Ö3 Austria Top 40 Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the name of the official Austrian singles chart, as well as the radio show which presents it, aired Fridays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles, ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann...	38
Belgium (Flanders) Albums Chart Ultratop 50 Ultratop 50 singles, often just Ultratop 50, is the weekly chart of fifty best-selling singles in Flanders, Belgium, and is produced and published by the Ultratop organization. The chart has existed since March 31, 1995...	93
Dutch Albums Chart MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top...	31
Norwegian Albums Chart VG-lista VG-listen is a Norwegian record chart. It is weekly presented in the newspaper VG and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation program Topp 20. It is considered the primary Norwegian record chart, charting albums and singles from countries and continent around the world. The data is collected by...	14
Scottish Albums Chart Scottish Singles and Albums Chart The Scottish Singles Chart and Scottish Albums Chart are charts compiled by The Official Charts Company, based on physical and digital sales in the STV North, STV Central and ITV Border regions....	5
Swiss Albums Chart Swiss Music Charts The Swiss Music Charts are Switzerland's main music sales charts. The charts are a record of the highest-selling singles and albums in various genres in Switzerland.The Swiss Charts include:* Singles Top 75...	33
UK Albums Chart UK Albums Chart The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...	3