aaamusic | On 02, Apr 2011

The Wombats launch web hijacker application The Wombatizer with a special competition to see the band play live in Barcelona plus first chance to exclusively preview the album

The Wombats will launch their new web hijacker application The Wombatizer with a special competition, hosted in partnership with Shazam, to see the band play live in Barcelona. The Wombatizer will also exclusively be ‘hiding’ the first preview stream of the new album ‘The Wombats proudly present… This Modern Glitch’.

Visitors to www.thewombatizer.com can enter the address of any website to utilise The Wombatizer’s disruptive charm. It reskins the chosen website with a new layout themed around the artwork of the band’s upcoming album ‘The Wombats proudly present… This Modern Glitch’. In addition, any hosted images above a certain dimension size will be distorted, allowing users to virtually scratch away the surface to reveal some fresh Wombats content.

Waiting to be discovered among this content is details of the competition to see the band play in Barcelona. The winner will receive a pair of tickets to their show at Sala Apolo on May 21^st, as well as two nights’ hotel accommodation and return flights. The competition opens worldwide on March 14^th and closes on April 29^th.

Now is The Wombats’ time to shine. Hot on the heels of their two biggest airplay hits to date in the shape of ‘Tokyo (Vampires And Wolves)’ and ‘Jump Into The Fog’, everything is falling into place. Their next single ‘Anti-D’ is set to be another hit when it’s released on April 11^th (NME called it a “massive modern day ‘Bittersweet Symphony’”) and the band have also just been confirmed as Friday night headliners at the Lovebox festival.

The April 25^th release of their new album, ‘The Wombats proudly present… This Modern Glitch’, will cement the band’s status at the forefront of contemporary pop with a collection of glint-in-the-sunlight perfect tunes – better even than the dancefloor killers of their first chart onslaught.