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Diego Paz

LA LLANTA

Found his uncle's chicha records in a flood-damaged box and rebuilt the sound from what survived

style

  • chicha
  • psychedelic cumbia
  • surf guitar
  • farfisa organ
  • male tenor
  • laid-back and hypnotic
  • tropical reverb
  • vintage warmth
  • latin american spanish accent
  • joyous

the numbers

bpm
96
key
E minor
energy
0.68
dance
0.90
valence
0.46
vocal at
14.3s
length
3:31
language
Sp

lyrics

(a tire pops, air hisses)
Bueno... nobody's going anywhere.

The llanta blew at kilometer ten
Uphill, no signal, and no spare
The driver lit a smoke, and then
Said "tranquilo" to the mountain air
(tranquilo, tranquilo)

Somebody's got a cooler
Somebody's got a drum
A chicken's running loose now
(la gallina!)
Y aqui viene el bum

Dance right here, dance right here
The bus is broke, so dance right here
Dance right here, dance right here
Best party of the year, right here
(eso! eso!)

The driver plays accordion
Who knew? It lived under his seat
A truck pulled up with watermelon
Now the festival's complete
(sandia! sandia!)

The moon comes up all wavy
The mountain sways with me, baby
Nobody fixed a thing
And no one cares — we sing
(wavy... wavy...)

Dance right here, dance right here
Flat tire, full moon, dance right here
Dance right here, dance right here
Tell the road we live right here
(otra! otra!)

(the spare arrives; the driver hides it)
One more hour, compadre.
(cumbia...)
LA LLANTA — Diego Paz · FERAL