Kangaroo Kourt are a five-piece alternative rock/funk band out of Fort Wayne. Vocalist Tate Bock, Ben Francis (keyboards), Tyler Wilkins (bass), Carson Cox (guitar), and Michael GiaQuinta (drums) play the kind of music filled with big rhythms, soulful vocals, and enough blistering guitar solos that would make this band fit pretty comfortably in the early ’90s alt-rock scene. Think of bands like Spin Doctors, Alannah Myles, Hootie and The Blowfish, Edie Brickell, and even the Southern twang of Little Feat, and you’re on the right track to locking into Kangaroo Kourt’s sonic world.

On their debut, Kangaroo Kourt lay it all out there: ’70s blues-heavy rock, ’90s alt-soul vibes, and enough left turns to keep you guessing. It’s five tracks of expertly created rock n’ roll belters.

Title track “Sunday Best” blows the doors off their hinges with guitar, organ, big and bold vocals, and a tight rhythm section. Big brassy horns bring this song into Tower of Power territory. “Kiss the Water” brings things down a little; lights down low, vocals smoldering over the proceedings as the band lays it on thick. “Think of Me High” is a mid-tempo rocker with tasteful, jazz-heavy chord changes and electric piano that is equal parts Steely Dan and Stevie Wonder.

Elsewhere, “Pandemonium” starts out almost like Pink Floyd-meets-horror movie score, with Gothic touches. Seriously, the opening of this song sounds like score music to some lost Italian horror movie from the late ’70s, but it switches gears into almost straight-up blues rock. It’s a crazy mood shift you don’t soon forget. “Take It Slow” closes the album on a dirge-y blues feel, something you could hear Bonnie Raitt or Tedeschi Trucks Band cover quite nicely.

Fort Wayne continues to reveal new musical layers, giving the town a reputation as one of the premier local music scenes in the Midwest. Sunday Best stands as a shining example of what Fort Wayne has to offer musically and artistically.