Sorpresa Familia

Barcelona, Spain’s Mourn found their niche by exploiting a particularly angular type of ‘90s indie rock canon and sculpting it to fit their own rage and sadness. With slight nods to Unwound, Sleater-Kinney, and Pretty Girls Make Graves, the young quartet balances distortion, hooks, and emotional abandon. From “Barcelona City Tour”’s almost-dancey groove to “Strange Ones”’s slow crawl to “Fun At The Geysers”’s anthemic quality, Sorpresa Familia builds a bridge between reverence for the past and garage rock’s abandon to make for a fun-as-hell listen.