Kevin Bronson on April 25th, 2013

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The storyline in director Joey Sinko’s video for “Love Jam” is pretty compelling – ambitious waitress solicits audition from club owner, hijinks ensue – but it’s not quite as dramatic as this question: Who are those fellows in the dark glasses? They are twins Jordan and Adam Sabolick, Richard Thiessen, Johnny Wilson and Tony Tancredi, now doing business as Mt. Ossa. Yes, it’s the same guys who, known as the Union Line, enjoyed a moment of next-big-thing status in 2009 before lousy luck sabotaged their record deal and left them in limbo. The Orange County-bred quintet went back to the drawing board, digging deep into crates of old vinyl for inspiration and equipping themselves with vintage gear to equate that sound. Mt. Ossa’s just-finished album almost feels like opening a time capsule – hazy psych-pop that melts into lazy surf-rock that fades into fuzzy soul. As reinventions go, it’s drastic. But as myriad young artists have found, sometimes stepping into the future means walking through the past.

||| Live: Mt. Ossa performs Monday at the Echo, where the band will also be doing the July residency.