Cometa, revitalists of glam and power rock from the 60s and 70s, add another anthem to their collection of classics lost in time. In ‘The Artificial Era’, the Madrid band reflects on the current times and the place that songs occupy in a world that is left “without soul” and “without heart.” It’s the Song of the Day.
‘Fanfarria clandestina’, the group’s debut album, entered our list of the Best Albums of 2024. In the first single of their new stage, Queen and Bowie are their biggest references, but the material is also just as good.
‘The Artificial Era’ is an expansive ballad that starts with some piano notes and culminates with choirs, Brian May-style electric guitars and the feeling that the song could continue to grow forever.
In the lyrics, the band wonders what “the kings of glam” would have thought of the digital age, in which “we prefer to live in the moment rather than sing to eternity.” In a time when AI makes it seem that “songs die” and that “everything doesn’t matter”, Cometa gives importance to “love ballads” and the human: “It is hard to imagine that in 100 years or more there will be nothing real left in the artificial era.” The final “la la la” is the master touch that was missing.
