{"id":109509,"date":"2026-01-23T08:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/109509\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T08:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T08:22:08","slug":"mariachi-el-bronx-are-back-with-mariachi-el-bronx-iv-and-forgive-or-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/109509\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariachi El Bronx Are Back With Mariachi El Bronx IV And \u201cForgive Or Forget\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mariachi-El-Bronx-Forgive-or-Forget.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A bleeding yellow skull rests in dark water inside a heart made of chains, flanked by two red roses on a black background. The title \u201cForgive Or Forget\u201d appears in red, with the band name \u201cMariachi El Bronx\u201d in yellow below.\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles band Mariachi El Bronx will end a decade-long recording break with the release of their new album <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4sNYrqv\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mariachi El Bronx IV<\/a> on February 13 via ATO Records. The project is the mariachi-focused alter ego of punk group The Bronx and continues the band\u2019s focus on stretching their sound while nodding to the Hispanic musical traditions of their hometown.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-track album features themes of loss, love, and everyday pressure, with narratives built around gamblers, former playboys, warriors, and lovers. Lead vocalist Matt Caughthran describes the writing as beginning \u201cas a battle between love and death\u201d before turning into a way to process current events and personal upheaval.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the album, the band has released the opener \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4sNYrqv\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Forgive or Forget<\/a>.\u201d The track includes Ray Suen on violin (Childish Gambino, Lorde). Caughthran shared about the song \u201c[someone] who\u2019s completely disheveled and a little washed out, looking back on their life in a way that\u2019s kind of hazy. There\u2019s a little bit of hope there, but it\u2019s pretty dark.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/5edbe3c3cb9eb17444f04e58aba75ae61da0785b1ad24ec34778ee48af31dd80.png\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAuthor: World Music Central News RoomWorld music news from the editors at World Music Central&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/share_save_171_16.png\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles band Mariachi El Bronx will end a decade-long recording break with the release of their new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,10178,17707,10180,9,24,63,129,131,130,10181],"class_list":{"0":"post-109509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-the-bronx","8":"tag-bronx","9":"tag-mariachi","10":"tag-mariachi-el-bronx","11":"tag-mexican-music","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-the-bronx","16":"tag-the-bronx-headlines","17":"tag-the-bronx-news","18":"tag-world-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}