The Wombats: A Guide To Love, Lose And Desperation, Manchester

The trio is made up of Matthew Murphy on lead vocals, guitar and keyboards, Tord Øverland Knudsen on bass, backing vocals and keyboards, and Dan Haggis on drums, backing vocals and keyboards. The three met as teenagers while studying at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

Their major-label debut studio album, A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, came out in 2007 and peaked at No. 11 on the UK Albums Chart. Their fifth album, Fix Yourself, Not the World (2022), became their first No. 1 album, topping the UK Albums Chart within a week of release.