The Wombats - "Glitterbug" Album Cover Analysis

This is an analysis for the album cover of the Liverpudlian band The Wombats' upcoming third album, "Glitterbug". The album is said to be about "tumultuous relationship with a fictional woman from Los Angeles". Band frontman Matthew "Murphy" Murphy has stated about the album "That became the main inspiration for most of the songs, this false world that I’d created for myself. As time progressed, I’d go to L.A. more and more, and the idea kept on building. The album’s about the envy and the struggle and the pretence and the worry and the fear that L.A. – and every major city in the world – encompasses.”

In this detailed analysis, I have detailed several contrasts between this album and the previous two albums released by the band, the covers of which I will leave below for you to see if you agree with what I have written.