{"id":3612382,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3612382/?format=json","airdate":"2026-02-02T19:57:16-08:00","show":65825,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65825/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Rompecabezas","track_id":null,"recording_id":"878f3412-b76d-4975-b07d-9bf9e5ac3f02","artist":"Margaritas Podridas","artist_ids":["599f26bc-ccdf-46e3-87a4-350532f782f8"],"album":"Rompecabezas","release_id":null,"release_group_id":null,"labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"2026-01-09","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"“Rompecabezas” is a compact, high-impact statement from Margaritas Podridas, dropping as a late-album strike on Metales Pesados. At 1:43, it doesn’t waste a second: the band’s signature collision of shoegaze haze, grunge weight, and punk velocity lands like a bruised flashbulb. Carolina Enriquez’s vocal presence is central to why the song hits so hard—she can sound fragile and confrontational at once, riding distortion rather than getting buried by it. The title (“jigsaw puzzle”) points toward fragmentation and reassembly, and the track feels built that way: a few jagged sections snapped together, edges left visible on purpose. Guitars smear into a saturated wall, but the rhythm keeps the outline sharp, giving the song a forward-leaning urgency instead of pure drift. It’s the kind of cut that works as both catharsis and teaser: a short, violent window into the album’s emotional logic, where tenderness and aggression aren’t opposites, they’re the same fuel. As an entry point, it signals a band leveling up—more confident about dynamics, more ruthless about editing, and more willing to let noise carry the meaning. With Metales Pesados arriving on March 6, 2026, this track reads like a warning flare: the record is coming in loud.\u2028Listen: https://margaritaspodridas.bandcamp.com/album/metales-pesados","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}