Mariachi El Bronx (2009 album)
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| Studio album by The Bronx | ||||
| Released | September 1, 2009 | |||
| Recorded | March 2008 at Brandos Paradise in San Gabriel, California | |||
| Genre | Mariachi | |||
| Label | Swami, Wichita | |||
| Producer | John Avila | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| BBC | (positive) |
| Drowned in Sound | (8/10) |
| The Fly | (3/5) |
| Gigwise |   |
| NME | (8/10) |
Mariachi El Bronx is the fourth studio album by the Los Angeles rock band The Bronx, released on September 1, 2009 through Swami Records in the United States and Wichita Recordings in the United Kingdom. It marks a divergence from the band's usual hardcore punk and hard rock sound in favor of a mariachi style. To promote and perform the album the band adopted the alter ego persona "Mariachi El Bronx", and have performed under both identities concurrently.
The Bronx first expressed intentions to record in a mariachi style in April 2007, when they announced plans to record both a mariachi album and a punk rock album in short succession, hoping to release the former before the end of that summer. However, they did not enter the recording studio until March 2008, by which time they planned to release the mariachi album before the end of the summer.Mariachi El Bronx was recorded in March 2008 at Brandos Paradise in San Gabriel, California with producer and engineer John Avila, who also played charango, sang backing vocals, and mixed the album with the band.
In June 2008 the band posted a video to YouTube of themselves performing "Cell Mates" in mariachi style under the name "Mariachi El Bronx". The punk rock album was released first, on November 11, 2008. Titled The Bronx, it was their third eponymous album. The band supported it with a world tour from September through December 2008 covering Canada, the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand, playing with bands such as Bad Religion, Every Time I Die, and Stick to Your Guns. In a December 2008 interview, singer Matt Caughthran commented that "[Mariachi El Bronx] was something that was a part of us that we didn't really realize. I mean, being from Los Angeles and, you know, growing up and surrounded by Mexican culture, it just kind of happened [...] We were writing two or three songs a day for that record, and the lyrics and everything just kind of shit out of all of us [...] it was the funnest and easiest record we've ever made." Guitarist Joby J. Ford, discussing the band's decision to leave Island Records and to release The Bronx on their own label White Drugs, remarked that "I want to be in a band that plays music that I like and also has another band where they play mariachi music."
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