playing, he accompanied solely on acoustic guitar; Ed Friedland was hired as a touring bassist prior to Reynolds' firing, and continued in this capacity afterward. Also joining The Mavericks' touring band at this point were Max Abrams (saxophone, percussion), Matt Cappy (trumpet), and Michael Guerra (accordion). The Mavericks released their second Valory album Mono on February 7, 2015. The album was so named because it was mixed in monaural sound. As with the previous album, Malo wrote most of the songs, except for a cover of Doug Sahm's "Nitty Gritty". Country Standard Time reviewer Andy Turner stated that the album "is quite festive and certainly sounds like a band happy to be back and having a fun time." A year later, this album was nominated at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best Americana Album. 2016present: Mono Mundo After being released from Valory in 2016, the band founded their own label Mono Mundo in association with Thirty Tigers. Their first release on their own label was a live album titled All Night Live, Volume 1. This was followed by their next studio release, Brand New Day, in March 2017. This, too, was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Americana Album the following year. Deming contrasted the album favorably to Trampoline, noting that the band continued to include Latin, Tejano, and "vintage pop". This was followed in 2018 by their first Christmas album, Hey! Merry Christmas! A thirtieth-anniversary tour followed in 2019, focusing mainly on the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Netherlands while also including select locations in the United States. By this point, both Lorenzo Molina and Julio Diaz replaced Matt Cappy on trumpets. Coinciding with this tour, the band released their next album, Play the Hits, the same year. This album consisted entirely of cover songs, including Bruce Springsteen's "Hungry Heart", Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel", Willie Nelson's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain", and Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" among others. Deming said of this album that "Even when the Mavericks don't necessarily make the songs their own, they know how to perform them with a conviction that elevates them from the work of another cover outfit". On August 21, 2020, the band released En Español, their first album entirely in the Spanish language. Deming stated in AllMusic that while the album contained fewer country and pop influences than its predecessors, that it