Luna: The Myth of Sisyphus by Samseb Kierkegaard: Review

by admin July 6, 2022

July 6, 2022

Luna: The Myth of Sisyphus by Samseb Kierkegaard: Review

‘Luna: The Myth of Sisyphus’ is the fourth single from the EP ‘Luna: Fantasy Named Happiness by the South Korean alt-rocker Samseb Kierkegaard.

Like the rest of the EP, this Albert Camus-inspired song is an eccentric art-rock delicacy. Blurring the line between dream-pop and art-rock, this rock opera takes the listener on a dream-like vibrant sonic journey of emotions. The reverbed guitar and the airy whispering vocals of the spoken words part create an ethereal atmosphere followed by heavy distortion and soaring high chorus built up on high tempo heavy drums crashing down brings it all together like a perfect storm.

As we have seen in the other songs in the EP, Samseb draws inspiration from works of philosophy as well as his musical heroes. In this song, he has taken the story of messing things up in a relationship repeatedly and compared it with the myth of Sisyphus. He implemented this analogy in the poetic theme of the lyrics so tastefully in his own interpretation of the anecdote. The intense emotional delivery and the theatrical arrangement of the song perfectly matches this energy. Maybe the narrator is trying only to fail again, but Samseb did not fail to create an epic ballad.

Quotable Lyrics:

“Years go by

And everything remains the same

Every day’s wastefully spent

To ask your validation

You don’t have to say anything

I’m always listening to

Your silence anyway”