Hacktivist Release Video For 'No Way Back'

Having had a pretty busy weekend, one new release that slipped me by was the new video drop from the lads in Hacktivist.

This time, their latest audio-visual presentation is for 'No Way Back', arguably one of the better songs from the band's debut album 'Outside The Box' (out now via UNFD), and is just one of many singles the album has spawned.

The clip was directed and produced by Hacktivist's bassist Josh Gurner, who also directed their last video for 'Hate'. I actually ran into Gurner following their set at 170 Russell supporting Enter Shikari recently. He told me that that the 'Hate' clip was the only music video they've done so far where they've seen financial gains from because they filmed their parts during their lunch breaks at each member's respective jobs. Go figure.

As for this video, though, it's at first a mere depiction of the "American Dream" - high-paying job, nice house, beautiful wife, etc. As the clip goes on, you start to notice someone sitting in front of the band playing, who they seem to be "speaking" to with the song. As the daily routine of the protagonists repeats over and over, it shows us that our male protagonist is actually experiencing his "perfect" life through a VR headset (hopefully not the HTC Vive, that thing is utter pants). Once he breaks free and takes the headset off, he suddenly realises things have well and truly gone tits up, whether for himself personally or the larger world in general. But instead of accepting reality and doing something constructive, he simply goes back to his chair, puts on the headset and goes back to his false reality. Ah, cheery stuff!

Then again, Hacktivist has always had a more or less bleak outlook in their music and their themes, so it's to be expected when they represent them with film clip narratives. Check out 'No Way Back' below.