Cass McCombs is a name that you may need to familiarize yourself with rather quickly. The versatile vocalist finds himself on our pages today with a mesmerizing new video for his brooding track “Absentee”. As McCombs laments that the systems and institutions we expect to help us are in fact set up to aimlessly wandering through this maze of life, he makes his point both visually and lyrically with a compelling new subdued offering.

Press play on “Absentee” below.