Mariachi El Bronx will release their new LP Mariachi El Bronx IV on February 13th via ATO (Friko, Nick Hakim, Civic) The alter ego of beloved punk rock band The Bronx. The group return, honoring the rich Hispanic music and culture that have always surrounded them in Los Angeles. Ahead of the album’s arrival, they are sharing single “Forgive or Forget.”

The track, which features Ray Suen on violin (Childish Gambino, Lorde), exemplifies the contrasting emotions found across the album and amidst its galloping rhythm Caughthran muses about someone “who’s completely disheveled and a little washed out, looking back on their life in a way that’s kind of hazy,” he says. “There’s a little bit of hope there, but it’s pretty dark.”

The band will hit the road for a run of live shows celebrating the new album, playing a handful of select stages across Southern California and Mexico. The band kicks off the run, November 8th at Los Angeles’ La Cita, with additional stops in Santa Ana and San Diego, before celebrating the album release in Tijuana, Mexico on February 14. Each show will be a $4 ticket in celebration of the new record Mariachi El Bronx 4. They share, “These four shows represent a sacred right of passage for every Southern Californian. And Tijuana is raw, beautiful, dangerous, and inspiring. I couldn’t think of a more perfect place to celebrate the new album.”

Returning after a decade away felt “joyous and familiar from the jump,” says guitarist Joby J. Ford. But recording the album proved more complex than expected. Within the year that he began writing lyrics, Caughthran contended with the deaths of several loved ones. Additionally, as they tracked at producer John Avila’s San Gabriel Valley studio – Avila has helmed all four of their mariachi records – the Eaton Canyon fires blazed across East LA. “We came out of the studio one night, the entire side of the hill was just on fire,” Ford recalls. While dealing with grief in his personal life and within his longtime home of Southern California, Caughthran was also experiencing an enormity of love as he got married that same year.

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Tracklisting
ATO Records

Forgive or Forget
Bandoleros
Songbird
All Things
El Dorado
Fools Gold
The Takers
RIP Romeo
Gambler’s Prayer
El Borracho
Tie You Down
Into The Afterlife

Pre-order Mariachi El Bronx IV HERE