Tin Can Trust

iTunes Review

Los Lobos are now a veteran rock act who speak with great authority. Their homeland of East L.A. has always been on the financial brink of bankruptcy and now, in 2010, the poverty they’ve experienced and witnessed over the years has hit the heartland. With that in mind, Los Lobos insist on retaining a person’s pride no matter what the situation and Tin Can Trust is the sound of a man getting by on meager means. David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas are still playing at their peak and whether singing in their native Spanish (“Yo Canto,” “Mujer Ingrata”) or in English, the emotive power is the same. It’s in the way the guitars drive through the street-walkin’ “Burn It Down” or offer a softer lyricism on “Jupiter or the Moon” or find the blues on “West L.A. Fadeaway.” Los Lobos turn out a funky, world-weary backbeat that hangs tough through difficult times. The harmonies add a sense of brotherhood on “On Main Street” and a forlorn look across the valley for “All My Bridges Burning.”