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Sep 23, 2015 The Libertines By Christopher Roberts

The Libertines released their first new album in 11 years, Anthems for Doomed Youth, back on September 11 via Harvest. Now they have shared a video for “Heart of the Matter.” Roger Sargent directed the vaguely disturbing clip in which people pay money to watch the band torture and force drugs on themselves.

NME premiered it and talked to Sargent about the video, who had this to say: “The Libertines have never been a band to lack candor or bravery… almost to a fault. Their honesty, their friendship, has played out in the public domain often with catastrophic consequences…. In ‘Heart of the Matter,’ Peter and Carl reflectively talk about the damage and abuse they have caused themselves over the years, openly mystified that they have survived thus far. It’s a catharsis, a bleak, bold and brave one. To that end, when we talked about making the video for the song we all felt it had to be similarly honest. The unsettling subjects could not be shied away from. On the contrary, these had to be faced head on.”