Their first official release was Lost in the Post, which was issued as a limited edition 7" single on 10 July 2006 on the London-based indie label KIDS Records and came with a distinctive additional second sleeve in the form of a FedEx ("WomEx") package.

This was followed by the band's first full single after signing to 14th Floor Records, "Kill the Director", in late July.

Their debut album, A Guide to Love, Loss & Desperation, coincided with the release of "Let's Dance to Joy Division" (widely regarded as the band's signature song) in October 2007 and peaked at No.

They also played Reading and Leeds Festival on the Saturday and Friday respectively on the Radio 1/NME Stage supporting Babyshambles.

The accompanying music video was shot in Los Angeles, CA during August 2010 and was directed by The General Assembly.

The Wombats' song "Techno Fan" was previously used in European airline easyJet's television and Facebook campaigns.

The single premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 1 October as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record and was officially released the next day.

The album's second single titled 'Greek Tragedy' was premiered as Zane Lowe's Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1.

In January 2021 it was reported that a remix of Greek Tragedy had gone viral on the social media platform TikTok, where it had been used as the soundtrack for over 430,000 videos.

[7] After being revealed as headliners of Australian festival Groovin' the Moo for 2017, Murphy announced that work was underway for a fourth Wombats album, with a release scheduled for the end of that Summer.

[9] On 4 September 2017, a teaser trailer was published on the band's Facebook, accompanied by an emoji of a knife and a lemon.

On 30 October 2017, it was revealed via the group's Instagram that the fourth studio album would be titled Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life.

[10] Starting from 13 May 2021, the band posted a series of teasers on various social media, leading up to the announcement on 24 May 2021 of the single "Method to the Madness", which was eventually released on 26 May 2021.

[11] In the months following, the singles "If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming with You", "Ready for the High" and "Everything I Love Is Going to Die" were released[12] as further teasers for their firth studio album titled Fix Yourself, Not the World, which was published on 14 January 2022.