Los Lonely Boys have reached the liberation point. They've had the multiplatinum, Grammy Award-winning major-label debut in 2003, and they had the sophomore slump with 2006's "Sacred." With expectations tempered for "Forgiven," the sibling trio from Texas doesn't panic but rather retrenches, returning to the easy-grooving, harmony-laden Carlos Santana-meets-Stevie Ray Vaughan feel of its first album. "Forgiven" kicks off with the lost-my-baby Latin blues of "Heart Won't Tell a Lie" and mines plenty of familiar terrain from there on out, including the smooth brotherly vocal arrangements of "Staying With Me," the philosophical big-picture lyricism of "The Way I Feel" and the swinging acoustic groove "Loving You Always." Stick around for two unlisted bonus tracks, the soulful "There's a War Tonight" and the grinning "Guero in the Barrio," which is about as loose as Los Lonely Boys have ever sounded on disc.—Gary Graff