{"product_id":"ghinzu-w-o-w-a","title":"GHINZU - W.O.W.A.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEMBARGO 5TH FEBRUARY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGHINZU\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eANNOUNCE DETAILS OF FOURTH STUDIO ALBUM, \u003cem\u003eW.O.W.A.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASED VIA PLAY IT AGAIN SAM ON 29TH MAY 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLISTEN TO FIRST SINGLE, ‘OUT OF CONTROL’ \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHERE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCredit: \u003cem\u003eBob Jeusette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the rich tradition of expansive art-rock that has long flowed out of mainland Europe, the much-loved and critically acclaimed \u003cstrong\u003eGhinzu\u003c\/strong\u003e today announce their return with their fourth studio album and first in 17 years, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eW.O.W.A\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, due for release via \u003cstrong\u003ePlay It Again Sam\u003c\/strong\u003e on \u003cstrong\u003e29th May 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e. They also deliver the first single to be lifted from the record, \u003cstrong\u003e‘Out of Control’.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out the official video for ‘Out of Control’\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ehere\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom selling more than 100,000 copies of their breakthrough second album \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlow\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e across Europe, to sharing stages with the likes of \u003cstrong\u003eMuse\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePlacebo\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eIggy \u0026amp; The Stooges\u003c\/strong\u003e, and seeing their music featured on the soundtrack of the global hit film 'Taken', Ghinzu have long stood as one of Belgium’s most iconic rock exports.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record has been a work in progress for some time, with Ghinzu having written almost 90 fully fledged ideas for their new album, before whittling this down to the final tracklisting. \u003cem\u003e“We had all these hard drives everywhere,”\u003c\/em\u003e recalls Ghinzu frontman \u003cstrong\u003eJohn Descamps\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem\u003e“We wanted to gather 10 tracks together to really represent all those years of condensed work.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe results take Ghinzu back to basics, before blasting them into uncharted territories. Their formative influences - the energy and expression of\u003cstrong\u003e Queen\u003c\/strong\u003e; the raucous grunge noise of \u003cstrong\u003eNirvana\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eThe Melvins\u003c\/strong\u003e – remain, alongside their passion for visual art. Name-checking the painters \u003cstrong\u003eGerhard Richter\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eFrancis Bacon\u003c\/strong\u003e as points of inspiration, they stepped back from their perfectionist leanings to embrace music at its most raw and powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTravelling to Los Angeles studio Hillside Manor, Ghinzu worked alongside the hugely experienced figure of \u003cstrong\u003eDave Sardy\u003c\/strong\u003e on this record, a crucial individual who became an additional member of the band. \u003cem\u003e“The studio is kind of a gold mine,”\u003c\/em\u003e reflects John. \u003cem\u003e“There’s an enormous amount of microphones, amplifiers, keyboards, guitars all around you. You’re sitting in the same room where Oasis and The Rolling Stones recorded. You can feel the history.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe results speak for themselves. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhen Other Worlds Await\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a terrific record, laced with raw pulsions and engineered tensions. The distillation of a decade’s worth of ideas, it finds Ghinzu revelling in creative maturity. \u003cem\u003e“Time is important. It allows you to open your eyes on the different person you’ve become,”\u003c\/em\u003e John notes. \u003cem\u003e“We question everything a little less. We’re more grounded and don’t over-think it.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSessions took place at a multitude of studios. Ghinzu worked in their native Belgium and across the Atlantic in New York; they secluded themselves in the countryside, and worked at studios overlooking the sea. \u003cem\u003e“Our plan was to drift away, creating ‘evolutive songs’ that could change from one week to another, or simply disappear to maybe reappear. Doubts have less room within such space, as there is nothing to finish. What is left are the survivors of that period, the wild ones who got captured.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom first to last, these are stories built by older musicians, people with experience and maturity.\u003cem\u003e “It’s about telling very specific stories in a way that is universal,”\u003c\/em\u003e he says. “\u003cem\u003eThere’s an almost confrontational aspect with regards to age. We’re developing an intergenerational feel in bringing these stories out of specific narratives and pushing them into different spaces.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpic lead single ‘Out Of Control’ erupts like a missile, testimony to the tattered legacy of 90s alt-rock – music of their adolescent emancipation – and their urgent need to start anew. \u003cem\u003e“The idea was to contextualise a straight-forward rock song into something a little more thought-provoking. 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