6 October 2025
Press photo
Band: WIJF.(Wife in English)
Who: Fast-rising Belgian
indie outfit.
With their raw energy, heavy riffs, and powerful vocals, Wijf guarantees expert stage destruction. Singer Marie De Graeve‘s voice is sometimes ethereal, sometimes groovy,
but always with a twist.
Debut EP: ALTER EGO
Press info: “Both the title and the bold leopard print in the design symbolize cunning, slyness, and the courage to adopt an alternative personality. Therefore, it should never
be entirely clear who is guilty or who is accusing.
The content constantly plays with these viewpoints. The five tracks contain the standard ingredients of a Wijf song: hard, strong, sharp, a little naughty, and always with an edge.”
Artwork EP
Last week Belgian 4-motor engine WIJF. premiered
their 5-track debut EP at a sold out club gig in their
hometown of Ghent (Belgium).
What a night it was.
They didn’t waste time. From the get-go they hit hard with big bangs, and never looked back. Their indestructible appetite for metallic knockout killers is massive. Think Black Sabbath fronted by Linkin Park‘s new, vociferous vox Emily Armstrong. Loud? You betcha. Very loud.
Stunning singer Marie De Graeve is the vocal and visual magnet in the middle. Her vocal potency is as monumental as Ghent‘s towering cathedral, and combined with her dazzling and tireless stage presence, she ignited the hungry crowd from start to finish.
I also want to mention here that Marie is a down-to-earth person. She expressed her gratitude between songs. Thanking her parents and grandparents, who were present in front, beside the podium, was truly touching. I never saw Courtney Love do that.
Backed by a scorching band, I feared at times that the roof would collapse.
Key moments were undoubtedly the imposing rendition of the EP’s two
blood-and-guts sledgehammers, Hysterical and Liar.
Mind you, the three other tracks, Love Machine, Freak and Circles, are three juggernauts that complete the EP’s shatterproof vitality. Btw, no fillers whatsoever in the full set. Mission accomplished with bursting brio. WIJF. are heading towards the top of the Belgian indie scene, unstoppably.
ALTER EGO
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SETLIST
Live photos by Turn Up The Volume