We were caught off guard and wowed by Mariachi El Bronx’s last album (II) and several ensuing and vividly-captured live performances on Letterman, Kimmel and NPR.

At long last the band has announced the November 4th release of their next album, surprisingly entitled III on ATO Records.   The band will follow with a West Coast tour that will bring them to Santa Barbara at Velvet Jones on November 7th.  Check out below the first sample off the new album, the ferocious track New Beat.  We first hear the trademark percussion and horns, and the valiant vocals of Matt Caughthran, but a bit later (starting at 1:55) some added Specials-esque ska-inflections and Ghost Town hectorings.  Bravo Bronx!

See the new album’s tracklist and the upcoming tour dates at bottom.

MARIACHI EL BRONX (III) – TRACK LISTING

1. New Beat
2. Wildfires
3. Sticks And Stones
4. High Tide
5. Nothing’s Changed
6. Eternal
7. Raise The Dead
8. Everything Twice
9. Right Between The Eyes
10. Valya

MARIACHI EL BRONX – 2014 TOUR DATES
West Coast Headline Tour
11/5 – Los Angeles, CA @ The El Rey Theatre
11/6 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ SLO Brewing Co
11/7 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Velvet Jones
11/8 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
11/10 – Bellingham, WA @ The Wild Buffalo
11/11 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
11/12 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/14 – Sacramento, CA @ Assembly Music Hall
11/15 – Fresno, CA @ Strummers