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  • Summary: The third full-length release for the Barcelona-based indie rock quartet was inspired in part by the legal struggles with their former Spanish label to release their second album.
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  1. Jun 21, 2018
    80
    Sorpresa Familia is a portrait of a band that's grown stronger musically and personally in the face of hardship, and the wisdom and freedom Mourn display on these songs is the best revenge they could get.
  2. Aug 7, 2018
    80
    The most focused and creative music the band has ever put out.
  3. Jun 21, 2018
    77
    They continually refined their punk-meets-post-rock sound and consistently moved with ease between loud chaos and contemplative quiet. The songwriting on Sorpresa Familia suggests a similar trajectory for Mourn. If they could survive label hell to make a record like this, who knows what they’ll be capable of next time around.
  4. Jul 18, 2018
    70
    A little complexity never hurt anyone, and in Mourn's case, it's beginning to take them in new and interesting directions.
  5. Jun 21, 2018
    70
    They're still channelling the same types of youthful emotions that drove their best work, just with the experience and conviction to mould them into more compelling shapes.
  6. Jun 21, 2018
    60
    It’s punk music with the intelligence of wizened old jazz musicians, and as a chronicle of the band’s hardships, it’s a much-welcome return.
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