Umbra Sum - Obras de Misericordia   [PREORDER]

Release date: 4/25/2026

An essential title for US indie, shoegaze, folk-experimental collectors who love intimate, boundary-pushing acoustic records with deep emotional resonance and Latin roots.

Acuarela Records is proud to present the vinyl edition of Obras de misericordia (Works of Mercy), the long-awaited second album from Umbra Sum (Ed Sánchez-Gómez), following his cult debut Aún no has demostrado nada (Acuarela, 2014).Ed Sánchez-Gómez is a Costa Rican-born artist now based in Evanston, Illinois.

After a complex relationship with classical guitar at the University of Costa Rica, travels through Europe and Argentina (where he absorbed South American folk), and improvisation studies in Chicago, he has forged a deeply personal sound.

Born from profound grief and the global pandemic, Obras de misericordia is an intense, moving acoustic album that blends artisanal shoegaze with infinite noise-pop harmonies, South American folk textures (charango, mandolin, hammered dulcimer) and the languid beauty of John Martyn, The Declining Winter and the Elephant 6 Collective. It explores sounds beyond the guitar — adding musical saw, piano, violin, viola and cello — creating landscapes that shift between introspection and catharsis. It is the most hi-fi lo-fi album you will ever hear.

Recorded by Ed between January 2022 and March 2024 in Evanston, IL and Peru, IN; mixed by Abel Hernández (Migala, El Hijo) and mastered by Santiago Quizhpe (Pullpush Studio, Madrid).

1    Obra de misericordia VII
2    La promesa
3    La nueva sangre
4    La sapiencia
5    Aquelarres anónimos
6    Mi panacea y yo
7    La remisión de todo
8    Francamente, iracundo
9    En los días cuerdos
10    El acabose
11    Clemencia y luz I
12    Clemencia y luz II
13    La esperanza nos está matando