The 13-track set--fittingly, the disc is the 13th studio album of the band's 30-year-plus career--was recorded over the last several months, with the band doing its own production work. Tchad Blake, who's worked with the group for many of its past albums, handled mixing duties.

"With the last record and 'Good Morning Aztlan' we wanted to get back to more songwriting with the traditional verse-chorus thing," saxophonist/keyboardist Steve Berlin recently told the Yes! Weekly of Greensboro, NC. "This record's much more impressionistic. I think we're back to the 'Kiko' era. It's kind of like picking up mercury. We've spread pieces all over the floor and we're trying to pick it up."

According to a press release, the album partially reflects the East Los Angeles roots-rockers' experience as de facto immigrants in their own country, as well as unease with the current political situation in the land.

"Right now, when the world is in this incredible state of flux, it's impossible for this not to affect your work," Louis Perez, who co-wrote most of the album with David Hidalgo, said in the release. "As artists we take our experience and put it into painting, stories or songs."

The band is currently on an open-ended touring schedule, which is typical of their roadwork. Los Lobos will next hit the stage June 25 in Jersey City, NJ, with scattered dates mapped out into November.