Watch Liars’ basketball-themed video for “WIXIW”

Liars have a history of amazing video clips, and the latest, for the title track of 2012’s WIXIW, is no exception. Directed by Alex/2-Tone, the video focuses on a sole young man playing basketball in slow motion. Alex/2-Tone describes the video’s concept as “the legend of Sisyphus as told by a young ballplayer lost in a haze of codeine and prescription weed”. Heavy.

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