The first album in 17 years from Belgian alternative rock stalwarts Ghinzu can be a cause for celebration. W.O.W.A and its driving initial salvo of the groove-laden “When Other Worlds Await,” “Snow White,” and “Out of Control” explodes out of the speakers as an enigmatic and propulsive take on the early 2000s indie rock.
Think Interpol if they played their songs faster and took in elements of the atmosphere The Strokes sought to create at their peak. Three songs in and you’re hooked. W.O.W.A feels like a debut album and, given the gap in releases for the band in a sense it is something of a rebirth, but to find that this is merely the latest stop in an increasingly creative and robust discography is all the more satisfying.