Cybernetic Witch Cult release new music video for ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’

October 13, 2019 James Weaver

CYBERNETIC WITCH CULT have released a new music video!

The new music video, for the track The Myth of Sisyphus, is taken from the psychedelic stoner rockers’ upcoming new album Absurdum ad Nauseam which is scheduled to be released in December this year.

The upcoming new album was recorded, mixed and mastered at The Crow’s Nest in London by Sam Thredder (SLABDRAGGER).The album’s unique artwork was designed by Aimee Wyld at Unlikeness Art.

Speaking of the new song and its accompanying music video, vocalist/guitarist Alex Wyld says, “the song is about Albert Camus’ philosophical essay The Myth of Sisyphus which is all about struggle and the acceptance of an absurd universe. For the music video we made a giant boulder out of cardboard, duct tape, bamboo and a mic stand and set about rolling it around the Cornish countryside. For us as-well as being a metaphor for the humanistic struggles in life, the boulder represents the literal struggle of pushing an independent band around the country. We had a lot of fun making this video and wanted to keep it tongue in cheek, which fits the quote from Camus’ essay.

There is no denying though that this album is quite a dark one for us as it has come from a general consensus of dread within the band about what the future holds for humanity. However, we have tried to poke some fun into the absurdity of it all. We like to think each song has some meaning and hope that our listeners will enjoy exploring some of the sonic themes.”

Watch the official music video for The Myth of Sisyphus here:

The songs on Absurdum ad Nauseam reflect on troubling times in the world, notably climate change. Continuing to talk about the upcoming album and its themes, Wyld continues, “I first took climate change seriously at university in 2010: During my Astrophysics degree I opted for a course called ‘Energy and the Environment’ and during our first lecture a student asked the professors “what are our chances like?” and the lecturers gave a solumn look to each other and said “very bleak with the current state of affairs”, everyone had a solumn feeling after that lecture and I think the state of things have gotten worse since then. It’s tragic to see that while there’s more general awareness of the crisis now, there’s also more (non factual) vocal opposition to climate science and crazy talk of conspiracy theories. I do worry for the future, and I think that’s partly why this album turned out so much heavier and more serious than our older material. But you have to hope that things will improve and that the people who are in power will start to actually make some policy changes to safeguard our civilisation’s future.”

Alongside the release of the new music video, you can view both the track list and artwork for the upcoming album below:

Track List:

1. Intro
2. Hypercomputer (Part 1)
3. Cromagnonaut
4. The Cetacean
5. The Ivory Tower
6. Spice
7. The Myth of Sisyphus
8. Hypercomputer (Part 2)