{"id":3612385,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3612385/?format=json","airdate":"2026-02-02T20:02:47-08:00","show":65825,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65825/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"Primer tiempo","track_id":null,"recording_id":"82cdbc6a-b5e1-4a15-8843-b75d1fc90b8b","artist":"Melenas","artist_ids":["f3291ecb-af2b-457e-8f17-1913aca82cbc"],"album":"Días raros","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"8b2f5237-1bfc-4943-9fc5-8252dea9f2e4","labels":[],"label_ids":[],"release_date":"2020-05-08","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"“Primer tiempo” opens like a first scene that immediately sets the palette: bright, motorik-driven, and quietly obsessive. Melenas have a particular gift for making pop structure feel hypnotic—melody and repetition working together until the song becomes a small tunnel you willingly enter. The title suggests the first half of a match, the start of a cycle, the initial stretch where you still believe you can control the outcome. That framing fits the track’s energy: it moves with purpose, but it also has that early-game tension, where every decision feels like it might matter later. The band’s sound often sits between jangle, kraut-informed pulse, and a soft-edged post-punk discipline, and “Primer tiempo” uses that blend to feel both playful and insistent. The vocals ride the groove rather than dominating it, which keeps the song’s emotional read intriguingly open—more mood than confession, more motion than explanation. As an entry point into Melenas, it shows how they build intensity without heaviness: the track does not explode; it accumulates. The result is a song that feels like stepping into a brightly lit corridor that keeps going longer than you expected.\u2028Listen: https://melenas.bandcamp.com/track/primer-tiempo","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}