In Candelaria, Adiós Cometa opens a new chapter—sharper, louder, and emotionally raw. The single, out now with an official video directed by Elías Mora and edited by EMM, leads into the Costa Rican band’s upcoming full-length Un Destello De Luz, due in October 2025.
“This is a song we’ve played live for years. It’s always been rougher, more violent… and we knew it would be perfect to open this new chapter,” says bassist and songwriter Mark Murillo, who first recorded the track in 2017 under his solo project Los Azules.
The version released now was recorded and mixed by Pablo Ocampo at Miut Audio in San José and mastered by Alberto Ortíz. It’s built on feedback, distortion, and lyrical tension. The influence of Starflyer 59 and a dusty, half-forgotten Western aesthetic runs underneath, but this is no throwback. The sound is immediate, more aggressive than on 2024’s Nuestras Manos Son Incendios, and stripped of safety.
“It’s a statement,” says vocalist Emanuel Mora. “This next phase will be different, more visceral. We wanted it to hit you from the first second.”
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Lyrically, the song leans into disorientation and emotional drift. The chorus—“Me das amor / O me das algo”—lingers like a bruise, while lines like “Mi intención no fue olvidarte / Mi tradición es escaparme” keep things unresolved and circling.
With three lead vocalists and a sound built around chorus-heavy guitars and ambient textures, Adiós Cometa has become a reference point in Latin America’s underground shoegaze scene. Past collaborations with No Somos Marineros (MX) and Asimov (GT), praise from Remezcla, and upcoming shows with This Will Destroy You and Soviet Soviet all point to a year of continued momentum.
Later in 2025, they’ll also return to Mexico City for Festival Brillante and celebrate the third anniversary of their label Furia.
As part of that celebration, the band appears in a new 45-minute Furia-produced film documenting Costa Rica’s underground scene, including live sets and interviews with Adiós Cometa, Wise Up, and Sin Caer—shot entirely at the iconic San José venue El Sótano.
