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Corridos Ketamina: Cktriz

Pitchfork·Marcos Sanoja·about 11 hours ago
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Lead single “K Me Maten” goes darker. Over distorted electric guitar and drums full of melancholy, Fay compares a relationship to a drug addiction: He begs his lover to consume him, spit him out, drown him in love, and break his heart, then turns around to ask for forgiveness and confess the flaws he can barely say out loud. It’s toxic and obsessive, and it works because he commits completely to the bit. “Socorro” explores the struggles the duo has faced, a look at an industry that rewards artists for rejecting their roots, with a nod to Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue tucked into its closing lines. It’s one of the gentlest tracks of the bunch, with an acoustic guitar loop and haunting atmospheric production. On the Nick León co-produced “Mémoire,” a more straightforward rap track, they check off the spoils of their newfound fame—Michelin restaurants, Herman Miller chairs—while admitting that success still feels strange.

The project is an intimate listen held together by acoustic textures and unpolished mixes.…

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