Album Review: Forgiven by Los Lonely Boys

San Angelo, TX's Los Lonely Boys follow up their excellent 2006 sophomore effort, Sacred, with Forgiven. (Though they seem like they've been around forever, the Garza brothers -- Henry, Jojo, and Ringo -- have only been recording since 2003.) Produced by Steve Jordan, Forgiven doesn't sound a whole lot different than its predecessors, but that's not a bad thing. It contains the same combination of rock, blues, and soul coming together in a seamless blend of originals, offering proof that theirs is a signature sound.

Full Review >>

It’s hard enough to sustain the fairy tale success Texas’ Los Lonely Boys had with their self-titled first album and its monster, Grammy-winning hit, “Heaven.” Harder still when ill-timed arrests—legit or not—taint public opinion enough to help sink the band's follow-up effort. But Forgiven, the band's third record, won’t fulfill the Texas trio’s quest to regain its lost career footing, which is a shame, because it still shows glimmers of the talent that originally lifted the Boys to multi-platinum status. Then again, that’s precisely the problem.

Full Review >>