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La era de la boludez

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Paisano de Hurlingham

Duration 3:59

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La era de la boludez

La era de la boludez

Divididos · 1993 · Track 9

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Duración3:59
ÁlbumLa era de la boludez
Año1993

The story behind

If there's something that sounds like Paisano de Hurlingham, it's that small-town vibe slipping between the chords. It's not just the title that evokes Hurlingham, that Buenos Aires neighborhood where the band spent much of their formative years, but that mix of rusticity and melody that seems plucked from a countryside bonfire yet with distorted guitar. The song kicks off with a riff that repeats like a call to gather, and though it's not a traditional creole waltz, it carries that flavor of El Arriero —the version they include on the same album— but with the drive of a rock that no longer asks permission to sound Argentine.

Recorded in 1993, Paisano de Hurlingham appeared on La era de la boludez, an album that cemented them as a band with a voice of their own in national rock. It wasn't a months-long polished studio project: production was handled by Aníbal Kerpel and Gustavo Santaolalla, and the mix was signed by Danny Alonso and Tony Peluso, but the sound has that freshness of those who seek authenticity over perfection. With Ricardo Mollo, Diego Arnedo and Federico Gil Solá in the lineup, the track lasts less than four minutes, yet in that time it achieves something rare: being both a tribute and a reinvention.