Definitely in for this. Have become a Lobos completist since the last album.

From their website:

07.22.15 "Gates Of Gold" & Album Release date premieres on Wall Street Journal

"It’s not that members of Los Lobos are dwelling on their mortality, but the Los Angeles rockers are certainly aware that time is passing on their new song “Gates of Gold,” premiering today on Speakeasy.
The tune opens with a flurry of mandolin and acoustic guitars before settling into a slow, earthy shuffle that slides alongside singer and guitarist David Hidalgo’s distinctive voice. Maybe it’s the photo on the album cover, but the song seems bathed in a golden light that gives warmth to the existential, and largely unanswerable, questions Los Lobos pose in the song.
“What came to mind was the idea of journey in all its shapes and forms. The path of the immigrant and he looks at a new land on the horizon with all its promises. The endless quest for life’s meaning in the spiritual sense, what lies beyond our mortal existence,” drummer Louie Perez says. “The question of what the future may bring for this band as we stare down 42 years coming this fall. And personally, at age 62, how to navigate through the time I have left.”
“Gates of Gold” comes from an album by the same title, the veteran band’s first studio release since “Tin Can Trust” in 2010. It’s the latest entry in a storied career that began in east Los Angeles in the mid-1970s. Since then, Los Lobos has released more than a dozen studio albums, including their 1984 breakthrough “How Will the Wolf Survive?” and won four Grammys.
Not only is “Gates of Gold” the title track, the song set the tone for the other 10 tracks on the album, Perez says. “It put everything into context, giving a cohesiveness to the individual songs as one body of work.”
“Gates of Gold” is due Sept. 25 on 429 Records.

Will there be a deluxe edition...before I order this

There are two extra tracks on the iTunes edition -- an instrumental demo and a live version of a song from a previous album.

Another song has been uploaded to Los Lobos' SoundCloud. This one is "Made To Break Your Heart", which is the opening track on Gates Of Gold:

Amazon must have had a hard time getting their supply of this album. I ordered about two weeks ago, got an email saying that I should have it by October 20th. Now I should have it by the middle of next week.

Liking this a lot. On first listen, I get the feeling this could be one of their better efforts.

Greg,

Yes, my first impression is that it's yet another excellent album from an amazing band. They almost never falter.

Agreed, but I do like some of their albums more than others, and I think this is could be one of my favorites.

"Nachas [Instrumental Demo]" and "Prenda del Alma [live]" are also included on the Japanese CD release.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B014E4C1FO/?tag=imwan-20