“Lemon to a Knife Fight” by Wombats

"Lemon to a Knife Fight" kicked off the campaign for Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life, the Wombats' fourth album, arriving as its lead single in late 2017 on 14th Floor. The title tells you who won: frontman Matthew Murphy has said the song comes from a row with his now-wife while driving along Mulholland in Los Angeles, one more argument he lost, as he always does with her.

Murphy wrote it with Matt Radd, and Mark Crew and Catherine Marks produced it with the band, Crew adding keyboards and Rich Costey mixing. Rolling Stone heard buzzing electric guitars and firm drums, while Atwood Magazine singled out Murphy's clear vocal and the band's jangly, riff-heavy guitar.

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