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{
    "id": 3624519,
    "uri": "https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3624519/?format=api",
    "airdate": "2026-03-02T20:35:03-08:00",
    "show": 66075,
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    "song": "Circunvalación",
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    "artist": "Teresa Cienfuegos y las Cobras",
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    "album": "Duras Vacaciones",
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    "release_date": "2019-06-21",
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    "comment": "“Circunvalación” feels like driving in circles around the same feeling—wide turns, familiar exits, the sense that you’re moving but still returning to the center of the problem. The title suggests a ring road, a perimeter route, and the song mirrors that geometry: themes that loop, tension that builds with each pass, release that arrives only after you’ve made the same lap enough times to understand what you’re really avoiding. The track carries an urban nocturnal mood—restless and vivid—like headlights on wet asphalt, like conversations that get sharper as the night gets later. Vocals sit confidently in the mix, delivering lines with a mix of cool detachment and sudden heat, as if the narrator is trying to stay composed while the story keeps tightening. “Circunvalación” doesn’t rush its payoff; it earns it through accumulation, letting rhythm become a kind of psychology. The groove holds steady while the emotional temperature changes, and that contrast makes the song feel cinematic—one continuous shot where the city becomes a mirror for the mind. By the time the track resolves, it doesn’t feel like you’ve found a simple answer; it feels like you’ve traced the outline of something real. “Circunvalación” captures the truth that sometimes the longest route is the only honest one, because you need the full circle to see what was there the whole time.\u2028Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-es/track/1w9e8qMssK9Ow1q3faWIRK",
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