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The Stereophonics, Crystal Fighters and Two Door Cinema Club have all unveiled new videos this week, ranging from a moody live performance to severed heads used as bowling balls to a singing tree. Watch them all below.
The moving picture accompaniment to Crystal Fighters' 'You & I' sees the group wandering in a picturesque countryside, with the words to the song being sung by the trunk of a tree accompanied occassionally by an animated bird.
The tree gets cut down and is taken away to be turned into woodchip, with the bird following it and finally flying into the wood chipper as well so as not to be separated from the tree.
It's a fairly grim conclusion for a song that's in fact very uplifting, but in truth mirrors the song's message of lasting companionship no matter what.
Watch the video for 'You & I' below
The Stereophonics take to the stage in a blue-lit venue to perform in the video for the title track from their new album Graffiti On The Train.
For the most part the video consists of frontman Kelly Jones with the image of a moving train track prjected on to screens behind the band.
Certain lines are emphasised with the lyrics scrawled in hand-written text in front of the images, but for the most part the video is a simple affair, doing a good job of reflecting the sombre nature of the track which features darkly strummed guitars and soaring strings.
There's a break for a fairly epic guitar solo, during which a series of still images of the band performing are shown, but apart from this Kelly is almost the solo focus of the clip.
Watch the video for 'Graffiti On The Train' below
The video for Two Door Cinema Club's 'Handshake' is the most bizarre (which is saying something seeing as we've already had a talking tree), with a creepy looking butcher and his rival using the band's severed heads as bowling balls.
Even more strangely, the dismembered heads are still alive, and are given pep talks by the bowlers as they compete, with the rival at one point stubbing out his cigarette on the head of bassist Kevin Baird after he didn't perform as he'd hoped.
There's a distinctly sinister feel to the whole video, which is offset only by the humourous oddity of the clip in general.
The song itself is a decent slice of indie-elctro, fairly bright in tone and driven along by a thudding beat.
Watch the video for 'Handshake' below
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