Mourners

Post-punk from Gdańsk, Poland. Ominous, dark, catchy, texturally complex. Guitarist and co-vocalist Gregorz Kwiatkowski, who is also an excellent poet and a human rights activist, focuses in his lyrics about the legacies of fascism and totalitarianism. The band's been playing for over 15 years, and I think this is their best work yet. RIYL Idles, Fontaines D.C., Protomartyr, Facs, Unwound. Favorites: 1, 3, 4. No FCCs detected.

1. *(2:40)—Mid-tempo, patient, with a lockstep beat and a darkwave feel. Not a cover of the Velvet Underground song.
2. (2:49)—Mid-tempo, head-nodding beat. Glassy guitars, heavy thudding sounds.
3. *(3:00)—Mid-tempo, blown-out beat. Sinewy guitar melodies. Spoken word. Sounds like late Unwound in places.
4. *(2:07)—Medium-fast, partly in 7/4. Chugging rhythm.
5. (3:18)—Mid-tempo, with psych rock verses and post-hardcore choruses.