Wombo

Louisville trio Wombo puts a dreamy, idiosyncratic spin on post-punk, stretching traditional song structures into something elusive and ominous. Their music exudes a smoldering darkness, with unexpected riffs and melodies colliding like distant familiars. The hooks are angular and surprising, but can suddenly become cutting—as are the vocals, which shift effortlessly between bright and lighthearted, haunting and distorted.

With their fourth album “Danger in Fives” in sight, the band sounds fresh and creatively reborn. Yet their sound remains rooted in a fragile balance between chaos and melancholy. Wombo embraces ambiguity in their music: sometimes soft and tender, sometimes sharp and restless, but always energetic, dynamic and unmistakably their own.