Sydney’s Arteries are gearing up to release their long awaited debut album, This Will Destroy Us on September 29 The band have also been confirmed as part of Unify 18 in January 2018. Today the band release the music video for the track Prisoners taken from TWDU.

 

The characters presented in the video are metaphorical prisoners of their own making in a Bret Easton Elis-esque world. A well presented, professionally successful man has a double life as an ice addict living out of a run down apartment. The ‘Prisoners’ video follows him in his loop of meth abuse, flashbacks, loss of memory and hallucinations that blend his two lives together and suggest a distorted reality. After finding a purse at his house he spins into a state of psychosis, guilt and self loathing that control his life.  The clip ends with the character returning to his bleak routine, suggesting he’s stuck in a perpetual loop.

 

Arteries guitarist Braithe Selby comments:

The whole experience opened our eyes to capturing the bleak and dark themes of ‘Prisoners’. We all are incredibly amazed with the result and the portrayal of a  distorted reality for many people in the world today. We all had a blast with this one and can’t wait for you to witness our latest video!