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The vinyl is divided into two distinct sides: six impetuous and catchy tracks and six denser, more meditative ones, like an inner diary of contrasts. “It’s a journey through fullness and voids. That’s why the record is perfectly divided into two parts. Like a concept where opposites meet.” If Leatherette’s roots are in punk, today they choose to step away from it without denying it. Because punk, they explain, is above all freedom. True coherence lies in allowing oneself to change shape. The second single, Hey There, pushes the band’s boundaries further into experimental minimalism, combining a rough, slacker bass riff with fragile, intimate vocals, all drifting in a dreamy and untouchable atmosphere. In Ritmo Lento, everything becomes a fragment to collect and return in a new form. 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