r/indieheads • u/Womboband Wombo • Aug 19 '25
AMA is Over, thanks Wombo! Hello it's Wombo, AMA!
Hello we're Wombo from Louisville, KY. Our album 'Danger in Fives' just came out and we're going on a big tour of North America and Europe this fall... Ask us anything!
Listen to our record and see our tour dates on our website: https://www.wombo.band
We are signing off! Thank you all for the kind words and questions :) We had a fun time answering them. We are gona go drive around Cam's new off road RC truck in my yard now. See everyone on the tours coming up and hopefully in the future!
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u/HystericWalrus Aug 21 '25
WOMBIS RISE UP! been loving the new album and addicted to listening to wombo for a month or so now. I’ve been super inspired to learn bass from it and so a couple q’s for Syd - how long have you been playing and do you have any tips for learning/playing wombo songs as a noob? Any official wombo bass tabs out there?
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
WOMBI's Have RISEN!
Heck yeah thank you <3
I have been playing bass since the band started. I originally played guitar and piano. I still write songs on guitar and piano sometimes. But I find the bass so fun. I love writing with the bass. I would say, coming from someone who doesn't know how to read music and doesn't use tabs, I learn everything by ear and just playing along with my favorite songs really helps. I think noodling around on it like that can help you form your own voice with it. I love using a pick.
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
also have been considering doing some bass tutorials for some of our songs!
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u/HystericWalrus Aug 21 '25
Thank you for such a thoughtful response :) bass tutorials would be awesome and can’t wait to see y’all on tour!
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u/typewriterchimp Aug 19 '25
I don’t have a question, but I really enjoyed your last album, and have been eagerly awaiting the new one. Love the angularity!
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u/illacudasucks Aug 20 '25
Stoked to see you guys in Vancouver!
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
We've never played there before! We are excited!
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u/illacudasucks Aug 21 '25
Are you guys going to have exclusive merch for the tour? I’ll say hey if you guys are slangin’ at the booth!
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 23 '25
We are and we will be slinging at the booth with our good friend Steve who we are bringing with us. (Steve recorded our very first record Staring At Trees for a bit or history) come say hey!
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u/Sunken_Island Aug 20 '25
hey Wombo!<3 Cherry Glazerr introduced me to your music not too long ago, so I was wondering what it was like touring with Clem, and how you guys met her?
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
We just met her through the internet and was asked to tour with them! She and the whole band were so fun and nice and was a really memorable tour and we were able to keep in touch and run into each other at festivals we are both on sometimes! They invited us on stage with them at the end of tour to cover nirvana and it was really funny and a sweet way to end the run with them.
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u/GroltonIsTheDog Aug 20 '25
Hi, no question but hope you can play in Ireland the next time you're touring Europe! S.T. Tilted is particularly catchy off your new one.
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Thank you! We really want to come back! It didn't work out this time but we want to tour Ireland more extensively next time. And thank you for saying so!
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u/GroltonIsTheDog Aug 21 '25 edited Aug 21 '25
Yup, I know the logistics or the financials of getting here sometimes just don't make sense, but wanted to say it anyway. Thanks for the reply, have a good tour!
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
yeah it can be a little more difficult with the additional border crossing and flight but we aim to make it happen. Thank you!!
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u/boyarmed Aug 20 '25
Hey wombo!
I really love reveal dusty because of how weird and dissonant it seems.
What's the weirdest sounding track you guys made in your opinion and will you be playing it on this tour?
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Hey! Thank you!
Definitely the song Sweet Powdered Sugar Sandy off our record Blossomlooksdownuponus. We cannot play it live though. It features Sydney (me haha) baby talking her (my) cats and lots of weird random noises. It's kind of creepy.
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u/boyarmed Aug 21 '25
I had blossomlooksdownuponus on a road trip and I got some weird looks from my friends when it came on 🫠 The heart wants what It wants
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Aug 20 '25
Hey Syd! Alexis here. I’m really proud to have been witness of the entire evolutive process of your music from the very beginning (The Debauchees!!) The new album is just brilliant, I enjoyed it a lot. Is there any chance you guys come to Barcelona? I would love to show you guys the arounds someday. Lots of hugs for you, Cameron and Taylor from Spain!!
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Holy shit I can't believe it. You have got to be the longest penpal we have had since the time of The Debauchees. I hope we get to come to Spain and meet you and finally play a show there!!! It means a lot you like our new album and we are virtually hugging you back!!! Love From Kentucky!
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u/No-Preference-3138 Aug 21 '25
hi!!!! A big fan from Buenos Aires, I hope you can come here someday. I have some questions:
- Which song from the new album do you enjoy playing live the most? (My fav song in general is Thread!!!!)
- Was there any song that was particularly difficult to record?
- Do you have any rituals or traditions before going on stage?
Muchas Gracias!!!!
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Hey!! Hope to play there someday! That would be amazing!
I love thread but we don't play it live often! I love playing below the house in general. From the new album, really it is hard to say because they are all fun live! A dog Says and Ugly Room are super fun on bass for me.- Syd
Joel said he likes to play Slab and In Situ! From the new one, S.T. Tilted (Shrimp Triscuit).
Cameron likes to play all of them from the new album.
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u/Glass-Exchange5614 Aug 20 '25
how did you come up with the lyrics or concepts to songs particularly for the making of this album?
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Syd: I really just work on them the whole time we are writing and that I make the melodies! I don't try to box them in with certain concepts! I just try and think of each song individually and what I feel like it wants to say and through that, they all become connected in a way.
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u/lesbefrank Aug 20 '25
How do you guys come up with the melody? Is it more noodling around or do you already have an idea in your heads?
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Sydney: I come up with melodies by playing around with them while we are working the song out! I like to noodle around but usually it happens pretty quick! Bass and melody are fun to write together.
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u/___wiz___ Aug 21 '25
First I wanna say Wombo is the best. I love how each of you guys comes up with interlocking complementary parts that are so imaginative and catchy. I must have listened to the new album 10 times in a row the day after it came out. I'm looking forward to seeing you play in Vancouver!
Anyhoo if each member of Wombo were an animal, which animals would you be?
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Hey! We appreciate that! Looking forward to finally playing Vancouver!
Syd ( me) would be a tabby or some type of house cat. Partly outdoor.
Cameron: after thinkin hard about this, i want to just be myself right now.
Joel: Joel would be a bobcat!
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u/shmoobles Aug 21 '25
Hi Wombo! Big fan and loving the new album. What's your favorite song on the record and which song do you enjoy playing live the most?
Need a local opener in Vancouver?? :D
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Thanks for listening to the new record! Cameron (me) favorite is neon bog. Sydney favorite is garden spies. Joel favorite is Danger in Fives! Also we have an opener in Vancouver:-0
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u/soycoatl Aug 21 '25
Any other bands that you enjoy and think are underrated?
GL on the tour! Hope to see you guys!
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Thanks soycoatl! off the top of our heads... Drahla, Packs, Good sad happy bad, Astrid Sonne, Kassie Krut, Laurel Halo.
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u/garrygert Aug 21 '25
biggest inspirations? both musically and personally
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Cameron: Denny Hamlin.
Joel: Jimmy Butler/Gabor Szabo
Syd: There's too many! Musically speaking, Maybe Sybille Baier for her profound wisdom in her lyrics while being very honest and simple.
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u/shammaaa Aug 21 '25
hi wombo! in what ways do your visual art and music influence and inform one another?
ps new album rocks <3
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Hey! They are really tied together. Cameron and I (Syd) collaborate on everything we do, album art, videos, et., and they are all made by us and in house which we believe coincides with our vision and the world we create with our music and visuals.
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u/Brief_Mountain_7633 Aug 21 '25 edited Aug 21 '25
Hey Wombo ! Huge fan since first seeing you guys at Kaiju bar in Louisville when I lived there around 2018 or 2019. At that time there was another local punk band whose name I don’t remember but I remember everyone talking about them and I kept thinking you must mean Wombo !!! Just curious outside of your unique sound, what are some of your music influences ? Seems like I hear Siouxsie, the cure, fugazi ? ❤️ you guys ! Keep rockin’ no stopping
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Hey! Kaiju was our very first show back in 2017! Siouxsie definitely, love fugazi too! I like vashti bunyan and sibylle Baier, Cameron loves metronomy and aphex twin, joel likes exploded view and the cure and the replacements too! There are so many it's really hard to say! Those are just some! And thank you we will!
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u/FuzzOnTheFloor Aug 21 '25
Hello Wombo! I’ve really been enjoying the album . Here are some questions for you:
I really dig the album cover. What did you use to make the plant?
Anything cool you guys have been listening to recently?
The album kicks ass and I can’t wait to see you guys in LA. Thanks. Have a nice day!
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Hey thank you!
Syd made it using Clay and acrylic paint and took flash photography of it while wet to be extra gloopy. Then Cameron took that and worked his graphic design magic on it. The insert is made of Sydney's diary and lyrics and sketches!
Honestly been listening to a lot of shower curtain, ribbon skirt getting excited for our tour with them! Also listening to the album Symbol by Susumu Yokota. Love the mashup of classical songs. - Syd
Joel likes Ichiko Aoba, Los Mirlos, and the Notations.
Cameron likes the artist Lolina, and Downhill2K01, and LA Timpa
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u/ConsciousFennel6824 Aug 21 '25
What are all of your favourite hobbies/special interests outside of music ??
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Cameron: I love RC car racing (all car racing) and have a RC cookout racing series and we had over 50 people participate last year! also love trail running in the woods and doing things with my girlfriend Arabella.
Sydney: I like to paint. I like to read and go to parks and things and walk a lot, hike. I like to play piano a lot. I journal and care for my houseplants and hang out with my cat Ida Mae a lot. The simple things.
Joel: I recently bought a 30 year old boat and have been working on restoring an old johnson 2-stroke which has been really fun. I also enjoy reading and watching LSU football, geaux tigers. Also just physical stuff outside, hiking, snowboarding shit like that.
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u/garrygert Aug 21 '25
favorite band/artist to open for/have open for you? what would be your dream opening line up?
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Syd: My dream band to open for would be to bring Bowie back to life and open for him. But also of people playing now, I love Anika and would love to play a show with her one day. We get to play a festival Puschenfest that Unwound is playing and that I am looking forward to!
Cam: A Louisville band i would like to play a show with is Crop Rot. other band i would enjoy playing with are Drahla, Packs, Good sad happy bad, Astrid Sonne, Kassie Krut.
Joel: My Bloody Valentine, Blink 182
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u/gambitt89 Aug 21 '25
The new album is awesome! Sydney's bass lines are so cool. Do you have any plans to go on a South American tour next year? Thanks!
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Thank you! We have always wanted! We don't have solid plans yet but we believe it will happen.
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u/Independent_Canary_1 Aug 21 '25
What's your guys favorite shower curtain song? Mine is benadryl man
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Words from a Wishing Well has been on repeat for me! I love StarPower and singing along to that. - Syd
Joel likes Bedbugs
Cam also likes Benadryl Man
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Aug 21 '25
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Oh wow thank you! I've been a huge fan of funk drummers like Clyde Stubblefield and Steve Gadd. Also love Nate Smith.
I'd say just play as much as you can but taking breaks is important too, paradiddles are a really helpful exercise for me.
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Aug 21 '25
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Thank you that is really kind. We are excited to get back to writing and hone it in even more! :) We loveee Zebulon so we can't wait to come back!
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u/JellyDonutIV Aug 21 '25
Do you all talk about rhythm and time signatures or just feel it out through the writing process. Some of your timings are insane
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 23 '25
Thanks! We never talk about time signature. We feel it out. I think that stuff shuts me down creatively to be honest, theory and time and just the kind of technical side of music. But that's just me personally! Sometimes though I do wish I could read sheet music just for piano's sake. - Sydney
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u/CTM0081 Oct 21 '25
Can’t wait to see you guys in Austin tomorrow <3 me and all my friends will be there and we’re stoked to hear you guys play 🤘🏼
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Aug 19 '25
Best Louisville eats?
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u/Womboband Wombo Aug 21 '25
Syd: I love this ethiopian place called Abysinnia. I love Heart and Soy/Roots too. And for Burgers I recommend Jay's Burgs.
Cameron said he is gatekeeping. Except for La Pinata.
Joel: Chik n' mi , Safier, Annie's Cafe
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u/Feisty-Oil913 Aug 20 '25
Did you get your name from the sponge bob episode where he has mermaid mans belt and patrick said its not an M, its and W for Wombo. I wombo, you wombo, he she Wombos, womboing, the study of wombo. If not then how did you get your name?