Spanish-language outfit Generacion Suicida have been making a name for themselves in South Central LA’s DIY scene for well over a decade now, with four albums of urgent punk and gloomy post-punk earning them the opportunity to bring their raucous live shows to venues across the globe. With their fifth album Hombre Nuevo slated for release in August via Vitriol Records, the band is stepping up their game with the assistance of heavy-hitting engineer Jack Shirley and, per the album’s title, a new outlook more broadly.
Case in point, the new single they’re releasing today is described by frontman Tony Abarca as his version of a pop song. Obviously that’s not necessarily accurate—instead, “Oscuridad” has the bounce of a guitar-forward indie rock cut circa the beachy era of the early 2010s, albeit with a gloomy deathrock texture looming over the proceedings. “I wanted to write something that was catchy and melodic while keeping the lyrics full of heartbreak and despair,” Abarca shares. “I’ll just let the music do the talking.”
Listen to the cut below, and pre-order Hombre Nuevo ahead of its August 28 release here.
